| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
| Procrastination |
A mere four days at my Mom and Dad's house doing absolutely NOTHING was better than a week at the beach or buying new shoes. Seriously. Total and utter relaxation. Read 2 books and a bunch of magazines, hung out with the nieces, nephews, and some good friends from college (and her four perfectly behaved, adorable children), indulged in a lot of floating in the pool, ate yummy food, the weather was spectacularly cooperative, and I SLEPT. A LOT.
Oh well. Summer is officially over for me. Back to the real world, work, and a continued procrastination of things I have avoided for a while now. Taking a cue from Bitch Ph.D., I realized that despite being a busy Mom and academic, her "to do put off" list is surprisingly similar to mine, so I decided to procrastinate further by writing about it!!
* Taking the car for an oil change ($0) and putting in a new windshield ($$).
* Paying some bills.
* Purging unloved clothes from my wardrobe and donating them to Good Will.
* Painting the window frames and rehanging the blinds. Did I mention the new windows went in a year ago in March??
* Buying new blinds for the living room before all the leaves fall off the tree and the entire world can see into my living room all winter long. Again.
* Clearing up a crapload of clutter and papers.
* Organizing my photos and music.
* Reading a zillion books, and finish the five half finished NYT crossword puzzles laying on the coffee table.
* Running errands: Post office (I have a Xmas package that never got mailed!), recycling center, and Tailor.
* Making a dentist appointment (and a GYN appt., a Vet appt. for the monsters, etc...)
* Submitting the outline of a talk I need to give at a conference in Vegas in October.
* Exercise.
* Sending thank-you notes.
* Sending out photos of my kid , family, and friends.
* Returning a movie.
* Doing laundry, sorting clean laundry, and the worst: part - putting everything away.
* Cooking frozen vegetables before they shrivel up in the freezer, and eating things in the fridge before they get slimy.
* Homeowner Association Treasurer chores and correspondence.
* The. Yard. So small, yet so avoidable. The garden was a relative disaster this year because of the Wall $$$ Project, but I need to do some serious landscaping, which requires some research, plant selection, and most of all COMMITTMENT.
What's on your procrastination list?? |
posted by Broadsheet @ 4:55 PM   |
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I need a new windshield, too. Let me know where you get it done.
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What'd you do to your windshield?
I think my procrastination game will be changing the cat box.
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Mmm. We have to paint frames around our new windows, too! But I'm afraid we beat you in the procrastination department - they went in 3 1/2 years ago.
Actually, I'm thinking this is something that might actually go to another list, the Not Gonna Happen List (if I'm being honest about it).
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I add the following to my list:
- Take out the trash
- Wash/vaccuum car
- Clean the catbox
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I need a new windshield, too. Let me know where you get it done.