Long and busy weekend!
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ostarellaOkay, so have four glorious days of freedom - and tons planned to get done.
Let's see - two holiday short stories and one Quick Pick to write in my attempt to catch up on all of them; finish Chapter 56 of Covenant and start 57 (I'm determined to get at least one chapter a week done, work or no work!); some computer diddling to mess with and then start copying my tapes to DVD (scared about that - quite sure it will cause my lifeline to die even though my son says it's perfectly safe); top to bottom cleaning of the downstairs bathroom and bedroom (huge trash pile coming - being totally ruthless!); mow the lawn, trim the hedge and edge the sidewalks, plus a couple other yard-type jobs; and finish up my budget for the coming year. If I have time, I'm going to start working on the roof of one of the outbuildings - but that may wait until next week ;-)
Piece of cake!
But with four solid days - I've been known to go without sleep for several days when I get motivated - and then sleep really, *really* late on Monday (like until I have to actually walk out the door for work).
But I revamped my whole goals list, stretching it out to a full year, rather than trying to get everything done by the end of December - less chance of getting overwhelmed. I just have to get off my duff and quit "thinking" about doing stuff and get them done. :D
Let's see - two holiday short stories and one Quick Pick to write in my attempt to catch up on all of them; finish Chapter 56 of Covenant and start 57 (I'm determined to get at least one chapter a week done, work or no work!); some computer diddling to mess with and then start copying my tapes to DVD (scared about that - quite sure it will cause my lifeline to die even though my son says it's perfectly safe); top to bottom cleaning of the downstairs bathroom and bedroom (huge trash pile coming - being totally ruthless!); mow the lawn, trim the hedge and edge the sidewalks, plus a couple other yard-type jobs; and finish up my budget for the coming year. If I have time, I'm going to start working on the roof of one of the outbuildings - but that may wait until next week ;-)
Piece of cake!
But with four solid days - I've been known to go without sleep for several days when I get motivated - and then sleep really, *really* late on Monday (like until I have to actually walk out the door for work).
But I revamped my whole goals list, stretching it out to a full year, rather than trying to get everything done by the end of December - less chance of getting overwhelmed. I just have to get off my duff and quit "thinking" about doing stuff and get them done. :D
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Date: 2008-07-03 06:29 pm (UTC)I think (other than a couple stints where I just went a day) the last time I pulled a marathon was when my son was in grade school - I removed the wallpaper, repaired the walls and painted them (fours rooms) over a three-day period.
Then I died for a couple days. ;-)
Yeah - after getting behind while my son was here, and then going on 3rd shift for those two (three?) weeks, I looked at my schedule and said, "No way in hell!" I feel much more confident about the new one. :-)