2 posts tagged “sidetrackopolis”
it's after midnight thirty, baby, and i'm feelin' alive.
i find myself falling back into some bad, bad habits like staying out with friends until the wee morning when i have to be up and at school at seven, haphazard eating and drinking way more coffee than water. but how can i say no to a few drinks, a head with no worries and gettin' down to some swingin' tunes. i can't. all of this and more will catch up with me rather soon, i'm sure. christopher will be here tomorrow. you know what that makes me? the happiest girl in the whole wide world, that's what. it's true. i hate being away from him, i don't much feel like a whole person. i guess that's a little dramatic, but he leaves such an empty space when he goes away that i feel like i've been deflated. i feel insatiable with people that aren't him. so i obsess over every new face, new friend, until i'm bored with them and their tired same shit different day stories. he'll be by my side starting tomorrow and for the next long while that's where he'll be and i couldn't be happier.
My 'to-do' list continues to grow and expand with little being crossed off to make room for it all. There is no real reason why more hasn't been crossed off besides being so easily distracted. I have all week off minus Friday, and a mini list of things to complete each day. So far. . .little has been accomplished. How do I get so distracted? Example of a day - Monday's List : (1) Make cards for the packages I'm sending Brittany and Mina. (2) Make individual notebooks for each package specific to the person. (3) Go to the bank to deposit my last two pay checks and get my PIN number changed for my debit card. (4) Tackle laundry mountain. (5) Grocery shopping (6) Plan cover for the book I'm altering and finally, (7) Take pictures of the notebooks I've made so far for : updating my website, and creating an Etsy account to sell them.
Now here is what I did Monday : I made both cards, but only wrote one of them. That was all I did as far as getting packages ready to send out. [I wanted to have both in the mail by Thursday. . . ] I haphazardly dressed for the weather, rainy. I did at least remember to wear my rain boots. I went to the bank to deposit my checks, but didn't get my PIN changed - not completely my fault, the only person that handles such things was on lunch, but I didn't really feel like hanging around for an hour for his return - or coming back later that day even. With every intention of going home I went left toward work instead of right toward the house. I went to look around at books and to see Seth and Jennifer. I knew they were both working and I didn't realize my own cravings for human interaction. I looked around some and bought three books, but hung around still to talk to Seth about such things as feng shui, secret identities, and exploring. Then wondered over to Jennifer in music and decided to join her for lunch. Half an hour. After, I returned to work to say goodbye to Seth and suggest a movie night in the near future. I walked up to Target with a White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha in hand and bought a new gray tank top, my old one has holes all in it. I wondered around in there some more contemplating buying another coffee when my own cup wasn't even half empty, mumbling the words to the music in my head. Then I upped to Michaels to look at yarn for knitting but couldn't get around because they had boxes stacked in the aisles. I left, frustrated, and returned home to sit in front of the computer and talk to Cindy about going to get groceries that night. Which we did, but even items on my grocery list weren't marked off. They didn't have : Spicy Black bean burgers, my usual honey wheat buns, decent looking green apples, etc. . .
So how did my list tackling Monday-list mission go? Failure. I only half did a few of the items on my list. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about accomplishing 'to-do' lists?
Now here is what I did Monday : I made both cards, but only wrote one of them. That was all I did as far as getting packages ready to send out. [I wanted to have both in the mail by Thursday. . . ] I haphazardly dressed for the weather, rainy. I did at least remember to wear my rain boots. I went to the bank to deposit my checks, but didn't get my PIN changed - not completely my fault, the only person that handles such things was on lunch, but I didn't really feel like hanging around for an hour for his return - or coming back later that day even. With every intention of going home I went left toward work instead of right toward the house. I went to look around at books and to see Seth and Jennifer. I knew they were both working and I didn't realize my own cravings for human interaction. I looked around some and bought three books, but hung around still to talk to Seth about such things as feng shui, secret identities, and exploring. Then wondered over to Jennifer in music and decided to join her for lunch. Half an hour. After, I returned to work to say goodbye to Seth and suggest a movie night in the near future. I walked up to Target with a White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha in hand and bought a new gray tank top, my old one has holes all in it. I wondered around in there some more contemplating buying another coffee when my own cup wasn't even half empty, mumbling the words to the music in my head. Then I upped to Michaels to look at yarn for knitting but couldn't get around because they had boxes stacked in the aisles. I left, frustrated, and returned home to sit in front of the computer and talk to Cindy about going to get groceries that night. Which we did, but even items on my grocery list weren't marked off. They didn't have : Spicy Black bean burgers, my usual honey wheat buns, decent looking green apples, etc. . .
So how did my list tackling Monday-list mission go? Failure. I only half did a few of the items on my list. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about accomplishing 'to-do' lists?
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