Is Everything in life this tiring?

I'm tired. I shouldn't be. I should be on top of the world! I can at last mark homeownership off of my to do list.

My first house! Yippy. I am hoplessly in love with this house. It is everything I have ever wanted. However, it hasn't been updated since....well....1970?? I don't want to take time off of work...I can't take time off of work. It's the end of fiscal Q1. I have a Q to file, I have accruals to adjust, I have Canadians to deal with. BUT MY HOUSE!!! I leave work everyday at hopefully around 6 pm or so, go pick up the kids and then usually head to either Home Depot or Lowes. I Love Love Love Love Home Improvement Stores. I had no idea this stuff existed. They actually make dry erase marker board PAINT! Anyway, after drive thru dinner and eating in the car, we get to the house around 7. I have about 2 hours to work on it. I have stripped more wallpaper in the past two weeks than most people do in a lifetime. But I am so determined to get this done. It's the hardest most exciting work I have ever done.

I am staying in my apartment until the end of May to get the house ready, so I have plenty of time, but it's just the principle. It's my house! I want to live there....NOW. I get the kids and myself back to the apartment around 9. Just enough time to get them bathed and in the bed. Then my usual chores start, laundry, bottles, whatever....Then it's off to bed at around 12. I am up again at 6:30 and start all over again.

I just try to keep telling myself that it is only temporary and it is going to be so worth it. But I AM SOOO TIRED!