Because when my brain is buzzing, I tend to freeze up & get absolutely nothing done at all.
Let me also begin by noting what I have actually done of practical use in the six hours I've been up & what is not negotiable in the next six hours:
- Walked two dogs.
- Not eaten.
- Done a phone Stepford meeting.
- rolled $3 in pennies during said-meeting.
- brushed my teeth.
- I have another three dogs to walk.
Now for the bad news. I wonder if this will be good for me or bad.
- shower
- floss my teeth
- put some things away in the high cupboards in my kitchen
- cold water laundry
- warm water laundry
- hot water laundry
- whites/bleach laundry
- see if my TV/cable is working
- try to figure out why the VCR portion of my DVD/VCR machine doesn't work
- find out how to download the lost registration & software for the camera I bought 28 months ago that I infinitely prefer to the camera I'm using
- watch the Netflix Emma series on my desk
- call the IRS & find out why I'm paying penalties as well as interest on back taxes which the IRS deducts my payments for
- having cleared the laundry out of the bathroom, clean the bathroom.
- collect all the bits of jewelry, pair them up & put them away
- change the sheets
- shave the callouses on my feet
- get a pedicure
- start farmette box (long story: remind me to tell it when I've finished this list)
- clean out kitchen cabinets & put all the flatware in place
- go to the damn grocery store
- go to the post office
- go to Capital One & pay bill
- photograph some shoes I don't wear & list on eBay
- leave feedback on eBay
- scan family records & photos for family members
- take pictures on Columbia Heights of the flower I admired
- cull Adobe album & delete unwanted photos
- finish editing photos from Prague
- look up plane reservations to Montana for grade school reunion
- can I afford to be off work for a week?
- figure out how to use my American Airlines miles before they expire
- put books away in proper places
- dust books
- sweep under bookcases
- read Silas Marner
- find a video of Ballanchine's Don Quixote
- get password straightened out with AWP
- look at job listings on AWP & MLA
- edit ED's chapters
- come up with phony French lesson for novel
- delete the scene I wrote yesterday
- take stuff to the dry cleaners
- return call to B (since Christmas)
- return call to A (since Christmas)
- write S a note
- figure out how to work my iPod docking station
- clean & dust my desk
- find case for Xmas carol cassette & put away Xmas music
blog- decide what first book is being used in novel & do some research
- call G. & set up French conversation lessons
- put away heaviest winter clothes
- sew buttons on coats
- move desk flush with wall
- file
- send out CV for adjunct jobs
- write C. a note
- put fallen stuff back on bulletin board
- make CD for K.
- make CD for Dad
- write my sponsor
- pair up socks
- write new scene in novel
- read the half a short story I wrote in January & try to figure out where it went wrong
- read fragments/unfinished short stories & type them into computer
- write magazine proposals on adoption, Mrs. Schweitzer
- see if I can speak to someone about curriculum at School of American Ballet
- take stuff to Housing Works
- start a daily journal
- listen to meditation CD
- write poems about fat boys, tulips
- dust & clean framed photos
- start the Shakespeare reading circle I want to do
- ask G&A if I can come to dinner on Sunday night when I have no dogs
- write out most used recipes & file in box so I don't have to run from computer to kitchen
- throw out last quarter's essays
- burn bills
- brush Daisy
- take Daisy to play bally
- find Stepford materials & arrange on chest
- go through clothes to donate, sell or throw out
- cancel prescription at CVS
- order prescription from Canada
- make coffee date w/ A.
- cancel Hulu
- proofread novel
- change from flannel to cotton sheets
- go through drawers in corner
- find slides to be transferred to DVD
- copy photos for R, T, L, the Ms
- write C2.
- dust dolls
- put magazines in basket
- order new shorts
- put CDs away
- put movies away
- find itch-free stuff in bathroom
- shave my legs
- read K's play
- read G's novel
- make dinner
- vacuum window grates & spider webs
- clean windows
- update money earned
- update calendar
- throw out beaten up dog toys
- make will
- step work for sponsor
- charge Kindle & cell phone
- say the rosary
- put odor eaters in dog-walking shoes
- put all the book bags on the floor away -- or better yet, cull a bunch out before putting away
- pull out chests of drawers & sweep
- get vacuum cleaner bags
- rent floor steamer
- get new sports bras
- research & write essay on Alcott, Elliot & C. Bronte
- read Don Quixote
- go through Writer's Chronicles for short story contests
- get rid of old taxes & put the last couple of years in bigger box; store
- write Psychology Today blog
- open L's Xmas gift from 2010
- get ticket for School of American Ballet Theater workshop
- buy new fan for summer; throw out the broken ones
- list all Ellen Gilchrist books in order of publication & note which I've read
- ditto Angela Thurkell
- find other kibble dish
- take TV tray out to recyling
- get another filing box for school stuff
- lather up with hand lotion & wear gloves to sleep in
- put away last of Xmas ornaments
- copy photos for J & B
walk Hudson...- take Daisy to vet
- go to Stepford meeting
- listen to L'elisir D'Amore
- how much would it cost to rent a storage unit & how complicated would it be?
- write donations to World Services & Spirit Animal Sanctuary
- post my disaster-discovery cookie on All Recipes
- read the Times
- call Dept. of Health for nicotine patch
find something to eatopen boxes that came in mail- clean refrigerator
- eat some fruit
- stop playing games when done eating
- recycle boxes that came in mail
- read R's book
- read B's book
- say no to book clubs
- empty out letter holders & throw away
- put books I'm selling on Amazon out of the way (back of desk?)
- write P.
- write J & N
- make date w/ E
- clean fingernails & trim
- put out cassettes & VHS tapes on cool dry day
- get batteries in watches
- put away winter shoes
- wear warmer clothes tonight
- make date to go to botanical garden
throw out stretchy sentimental thing that's all stretched out- take out garbage
- get new flip-flops
drink some water- make brief novel notes to hang up & refer to
- bing! how to bring Hartwell/Harry into novel! -- write it
- make list of all dog client phone #s
- call J.
- find video of Mozartina
- go to bank
- put away wallets
- put away purses & backpacks
- find rosary book
- what is that black plastic bag way up in kitchen shelves?
- put change away
- open mail
- finish New York Magazine
- call L. Does she have my rocking chair?
- throw out those Rocket Dog shoes
- get batteries in watches
- dust penguin head
- put up recycling signs in basement
- outline Emma
- outline novel
- email C4 for M's address & ask abt baptismal gown
- find a great box
- should I make May Day cookies for people who didn't get Easter cookies?
- start Commit Art page on Facebook
- email SJ about photo session
- wash all those dusty dishes that are getting discolored
- walk down to Blyn Bridge Park
- put all reference books needed for projects on chest
- cross off Western Washington U. from application list & DON'T GET DEPRESSED
- take Prozac
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