What I'm Doing

My mother works for me. She does practically everything out of her home in FL. I homeschool and travel and now I get "to do" lists from HER. I am soooo busy with details, details... like getting on the spot credit card processing at gigs and figuring out the equipment and how to do it. Designing a new song layout for Our Cathoic Faith CD that might be a little more effective at evangelizing - maybe. Getting price quotes. Placing and shipping a large order direct from the manufacturer. Overseeing packaging 3 new concert DVDs. (I will have 3 new items for you to purchase in a few weeks - Thank you, Jesus - I've wanted a packaged video for so long and now I have THREE! Designing the website to reflect the new items. Answer emails, write in blog, book airline tickets, check inventory... the list goes on and on and when my mother asks what I'm doing that keeps me so busy that I can't get to her "to do" list - I am numb and just say..."I don't know." And that doesn't even include all the details of raising 4 small children, schooling and running a household. I'm back to not having time to write songs. Thank goodness I have a lot of traveling coming up and I can get back to writing again. I did finish the two that I need for my trip to NY next month. I just need to dummy up some music and send them to the producer BEFORE I GET THERE! I better do that on Monday. It IS a bank holiday, you know. That only gives me one to two months to come up with 6 more songs and send them by the end of April so they can be ready to sing to before I return to NY in May. You know, I just don't think I can do it. That's too much songwriting, but maybe I'll be surprised. I'm getting stressed just thinking about it. I think I will just let it go for now (the deadline) and just do what I can. After all, I did think it would take me 2 years to do this 14 song project. Why rush it? OK, I just talked myself into not feeling rushed. I'm a little relieved - I think?