The 25th Hour ~karenjcardoza.com~

Camp! 

Today’s report. Today’s podcast.

Last night…

I was totally stressed out looking at my huge To Do list with little time to pull it all off. At the beginning of the week, I tackled our spare room in the basement and worked for 12 hours decluttering and cleaning. I knew I still had training camp ahead of me all week and also need to go to school to set up my classroom.

In the meantime my son decided that he wanted to paint his room,  so in addition to helping him, my house was a disaster during the remodel and it drove me nuts. I had camp all week, which also meant website updates, training camp reports and nightly podcasting. Last night, I was getting worked up trying to come up with a plan to do it all.

Today…

I got up early this morning, headed out to Target with Jake to get new bedding and curtains and helped him finish off that room. When I got to camp today, they said that they added another practice (Friday, 8/15 from 12-2)  I definitely can’t make that one as I already have 3 appointments scheduled for Friday.  So, since tomorrow is my only day that I can make it to school, I’m not going to tomorrow’s, 2:30 session either. (Since my perfect streak will be broken anyway on Friday, it’s almost easier to not go tomorrow now too and do the right thing by getting in that room.)

Tonight…

I came home, wrote my final training camp report, spent a few hours getting my house back in order, balanced my checkbook, did my online banking,  and recorded my final training camp podcast. Knowing that they’re in the bag (and that I have no more to do)  has lifted a huge weight from my shoulders. And, if I can set up most of my room before I head out for vacation, I’ll have no worries about that next week either and can truly relax.

“Tomorrow”

My daughter already asked about painting her room but that baby will have to wait until Labor Day weekend. I’ve still got tons to do before I leave but at least the “major” things will be behind me.

The Patriots have posted the schedule for the remainder of camp. This morning’s practice has been changed to a public walkthrough but as of now, it’s raining here so it could be moved indoors anyway. I’m not about to drive up there for nothing so I’ll likely take advantage of today to either do some much needed work around the house or head into school to work in my classroom.

Here’s the updated schedule:

Monday (8/11)  10:45-11:30 Walkthrough

Tuesday (8/12) 2:30-4:30

Wednesday (8/13) 2:30-4:30

Thursday (8/14) 2:30-4:30

Long time no “See”smic hehe!

MrsB update! 

I almost forgot:

The Patriots have released their training camp schedule through Monday:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
No Practice
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
2:30-4:30 p.m. — Practice (CLOSED TO PUBLIC DUE TO CONCERT)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
2:30-4:30 p.m. — Practice (OPEN TO PUBLIC)
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
8:45-10:30 a.m. — Morning Practice (OPEN TO PUBLIC)
6:30-8:30 p.m. — In-Stadium Practice (TICKETED EVENT FOR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS)

PPS:  And THIS made me smile

(Now I’m really going to bed!)

It’s been a great, but tiring week complete with 10 Training Camp Reports, 7 podcasts, numerous site updates and hours of eating, sleeping, and drinking Pats under my belt!  Thankfully, we all had the day off today,  and tomorrow night, Al and I are getting together with a big group of people for the Springsteen concert at Gillette. It was exactly 5 years to the day that we were there for his last show.

I finally got my house back in order, weeded through a week worth of mail,  did tons of laundry and ran a few errands so I’m beat.  I’m dying to just cuddle my girls and read a book. In fact, I think that’s just what I’m going to do right now. Goodnight!

During the first day of Training Camp, Tom Curran asked me to help him out with something. Here’s the result:

It was a busy but productive weekend. Go Pats!!
And here’s this morning’s training camp report.

Wrapping up a great weeeknd.