Quieting Down?

Well, I feel like things are settling down somewhat on the homefront, but reaching chaos status at work. Why can't things balance out to a steady pace?

College daughter has found her phone, stopped hating her friends, and picked up school work as a priority again. I don't ask that she be perfect but I do expect responsible. And her "lost weekend" just pissed me off. And after losing and finding her phone, she felt that me buying her a new one was in order. Think again, honey. You don't get rewarded for stupid behavior.

Younger daughter is nearing the end of her sports for the fall and has finished her applications to the 2 colleges she plans to apply to Early Action. With days to spare! She has handled the teacher and guidance recommendations, the essay and all aspects of this mostly herself, except for needing me to cough up my credit card number to pay for the application. NOW SHE NEEDS TO GET A JOB, of which she's not all that motivated. We thought she'd be working at the library with me, but because of the state of the state, we have a hiring freeze until further notice.

If I start thinking about how short staffed we are and how much work I have, I may weep as I sit at the reference desk. I'm not sure how I'm going to get all that needs to be done actually done. It's almost like looking at such a mess that you don't know where to begin. I'm trying to break things down into more manageable pieces and giving the staff some responsibility for handling their own stuff. We'll see how that works out.