I am a 9 right now! I can not say no to anything!(not talking cakes, just general stuff) I feel like I am going to break...My schedule is always jam packed! Oh well God will get me thru it!! 
I think I am at a 9.5 I am trying to get a lot of work done at work b/c I go on vacation end of this week, and we just got 2 REALLY big jobs that I have to get straightened out and ready to work on while i'm gone, and the same company gave us another quote for another project that we will most likely get a PO for before the end of this week so I will have to get that one ready too.
Oh and I start school on monday (2 hrs one way to school-thankfully only one night a week)
Need to find a dependable car to drive back and forth (however money is always an issue) but don't have the time to look when places are open.
And I haven't seen my BF a lot b/c his business has been really busy this week too (he calms me down just being in the same room, but he hasn't been home the same time I have been)
And I have 3 cakes that I need to plan for that are all due the 3rd weekend of Oct-then one in Dec-and it looks like a wedding cake in January *yeah!* but it still adds to the to-do list (and the stress level)
But thank goodness for Cake Central... I come here to relax b/c I don't have time to bake.
I have to say 10+. Lets start off by saying I got fired a few weeks ago. Now bills are staring to mound, husband is only one working. Applied for unemployment, but have to wait 4-6 wks for determination. Then get call from Unemployment telling me old job has made very negative statements about my work. I quite literally choked on my saliva and jaw hit the floor! 
I was never even as much as pulled aside or written up since I had been there (2yrs). Managed the entire back of the house with only 4 employees to run a busy restaurant because they didnt want to hire anyone. And to make it even worse, the week before I got fired, my direct manager called me into her office to apologize for her bad attitude and tell me what a good job I had been doing and how everything has been accomplished even with short notice!! Even as I write this I cant believe I got fired! Yeah! I know I do great work thats why I'm having so much trouble believing they said so many nasty things about me. Ok to recap.... stressed out like you wouldn't believe, husbands upset, and now my self esteem is like -> <- this small.
fantisy art, i feel so bad for you. I'd give you a big hug if I could. Everything will be ok, God obviously just has a better plan in life for you! I know it may not seem like it now, but you will prevail if you keep your head up and stay true to yourself. You know you do good work, do not let someones stupidity in firing you cloud your judgement. You are better than that...no go prove it to those crazy people that let you go and make them regret it.
Thanks mkolmar. I think I really needed to hear that. From someone other than my husband I mean. I know everything will be ok and it happened for a reason. I just cant underastand why they felt they had to say such mean things about me. They never said anything negative to me while I was there. I guess I just cant believe anyone could be so two faced and hateful. I guess I really should have know better. All the customers always get great service but upper level management always talks behind their back about how cheap they are and screw what they want to just give them this instead. If members only knew how they were talked about I'm sure no one would ever return. I find comfort also in knowing that the customers will and do miss me. Some came in just to see me. Other booked catered affairs and requested me. They were my friends.They are about the only things I now miss. Thanks for the encouragement mkolmar.
A 9.5. I have 2 half sheets to do for Tuesday morning, a camper to pack, a house to clean, a second grader to get to school, a 3 year old home all day, my first wedding cake to do for Saturday and I have to take it 300 miles. Lucky for me it's almost all interstate or divided highway driving.
Mine was a 10 a few weeks ago, and it probably dropped down to a 9 this week because I've been away from work on vacation just doing nothing and being somewhat lazy around the house. And it dropped down to an 8 over the weekend because hubby took out a 401k loan to help get the budget back into order. And it is now at a 7.5 because he just told me the loan went through, so that means we should see a check no later than this Friday! 
But I'm sure it will go back up because I go back to work on Monday and there is a whole bunch of training crap that has to be taken care of when I get back. (I'm the trainer at my job, so I train the new hires on the phone. I work at a helpdesk.)
ok guys don't get mad at me. lol but mine is only about a 3/4 .
i am just laying here reading this cc stuff and having fun doing nothing.
but i am also on lots of meds from getting my foot hurt. I am in lawlaw land but i sure on mon monday (tommorrow) it will go up some all new job and have to learn all the new codes and stuff. well you all have a great day.
Fantasy_Art: they have been saying negative things to justify firing you (either in their minds or for legal reasons). Please don't take what they are saying personally! Think of it this way: are they fair and reasonable people? No? Then why take to heart anything they say (or do!)?
Keep trying and doing your best, and trust that in a few months you are going to be saying, "I didn't realize it at the time, but getting fired from that place was the best thing that could have happened!"
Cheers, from
SwampWitch
I was a raging 9.5 this a.m. but now I am more of a 5 or 6....
Xanax..... or yoga?
I'll never tell 
stress? I am a 0! I have been cooking today & I went to this bakery today in Delano Tn, Thats a meninite (ap) community. they have no electricity & they use horse & carriage for transportation . I was in ahhh at the community. It was so cool. The sticky buns were/are awsome. It was really cool to see it.
You all have a wonderful evening!
I'm probably a 5. I have a lot of fun things coming up that I'm excited about, but I have to make sure that everything is ready for them...so that's where the stress comes in.
Fantasy_Art:
I agree with SwampWitch, they are probably not honest people, and quite maniputative. Reason i am assumin this is, I had a very similiar experience in early April of this year, I was in a vehicle accident, which left me with a slight concusion, and damage to my left shoulder, neck, back and head. I am an esthetician, and could not perform my duties at all, or very minimally. they agreed to let me come back to work slowly at first, and i went to physiotherapy, and chiropractor, but still was having a hard time doing my work, and added to that isuffer from clinical depression, so that put my misery level at a 10, i was fired in april with no warning, i even had a Dr's note saying that i could return to work, but i didn't even get that far, Then to make matters worse, they had a staff member follow me around while i gathered my things at if i would be stealing from them!!! i felt like a criminal.
I was a 9 at work a couple of hours ago, but I'm home now with my CC family and I feel like a 1. TGIF!!!!!!!!!!
I'd say I'm about a 2/3 today. Hubby is in Laughlin with the boys, the girls are at their father's house, and I have the house all to myself until tomorrow night!! 
I am a little stressed out because today is my mom's birthday and I am trying to make gumpaste roses for her cake. Much more difficult than I thought it would be! Think I'll go back to make the fondant roses.
vickitilghman
i love your eeyore quotes, he does have a way of putting perspective on life doesn't he? he's one of my favorite pooh bear characters, ok stress, about 5 now, going to go to 9-10 tonight, cuz DH & i are going over $$ (too bad i don't mean rolling in it!)
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