My Crazy Life

It's been a little while since my last post. I'm pretty tired and wore out so not many bright thoughts are flowing through my head so I thought I would just introduce you to my crazy life, or at least the craziness of this week.

This week is one of the craziest weeks I've had in a long time. I'm not sure where to even begin my day at, it's that hectic.

So, almost 2 months ago I started working the Midnight shift at UPS part-time for some extra cash and paid benefits (mostly the benefits). I load tractor trailers for the Goldsboro region from the Raleigh Hub. Typically, I'll load about 1,000 packages a night filling up 1 1/2- 2 trailers. This begins at 10pm-2am on Sunday nights and 11pm- 3:30am Monday through Thursday nights.

So my daily routine this week is a little more involved. I'm also teaching Baseball Camp at the church (which is part of my job there).

I'll go into work at 11pm to UPS and load boxes like a mad man. Leave UPS somewhere between 3am and 4am, depending on the volume that night, covered in dust, smut, and sweat. Get home about 20 minutes after I leave UPS, get in the shower, catch my breathe, and get in bed. Hoping it's sometime before 4am. Ah, sweet sleep. It's so nice to get to lie down in a nice comfy bed, head on the pillow, one leg out of the covers (cause that's how I roll), and snooze away into wonderful bliss...oh, no!!! Not this week.

This week it's only a quick nap for about 2 1/2 hours and I've got to be up at 6:30am get ready for baseball camp that starts at 8am (I'm an idiot for starting it so early!!! stupid, stupid, stupid!). Out the door around 7am and at the church by 7:30am (with a slight detour by Bojangles for their amazing 2 Country Ham biscuit deal this month and a large Dr. P to get me through).

8am arrives and the kids start piling onto the field. Fix the water and Gatorade so the kids (and me) stay hydrated and don't pass out. Teach them to throw, herd them up, teach them to bat, herd them up, teach them to run bases, herd them up, teach them to throw again, herd them up (with about a dozen water breaks and bathroom runs, but I did get smart and leave a porta-john on the field). Then teach them about Jesus, pull a kid out of the tree, continue about Jesus, get them to stop talking, continue lesson, tell the kids to quit hitting each other, continue lesson, tell kid to put the bat down, finish lesson and pray. Then we scrimmage.

It's now only around 12pm (noon). Back to the office to check messages and return emails and phone calls. Leave church around 1:30pm and run errands for more camp supplies.

Go grab something to eat real quick. Go home, consume food like a fiend. Return cell phone calls, pay bills, check personal email, check fantasy baseball stats, check facebook. It's now somewhere around 3pm. Take another shower. Set cell phone alarm for 9pm. Go to sleep on couch. Alarm goes off get up eat something for supper change for UPS and continue the cycle.

Tonight will be a little different with Bible Study. But that's pretty much my schedule for the week. Anyone want to trade lives? It comes with ocean front property in Arizona and I'll throw the Golden Gate in free.

I'm one wild and crazy guy!!!