Saturday, September 16, 2006

exhausted

i have a project to do. a really big one. it will require tedious attention to detail and a lot of-- what do they call it?-- "get up and go" to complete. very little of which i currently posess these days. and i'm terrified about failing. maybe that is why i have put it off for two months when i should have been about halfway through by today.

this is very upsetting. i spend a lot of time worrying and little actually doing.

never fear, dear readers, i am aware of how deep the vat of doo-doo is that i tread; it's just that for some reason, i cannot seem to muster the motivation to actually begin. perhaps it's a fear of rejection, inability to attain the impossible goals i set for myself or the fact that i tend to view anything short of said impossible goals as an utter failure and may be putting it off to be able to say it sucks so very badly because i had no time -- all classic signs of procrastination. even today, as i sit here at the computer on the one day off this week that i had fully dedicated to taking that tentative first step toward certain doom, all i can do is look back on all the things i HAVE accomplished in an effort to put the crying off a little longer:

checkbook? balanced.

house? dusted, vacuumed, swept up, tidied

grates that go over the flames on the stovetop? soaked, scoured and put back into place

do-it-yourself-home-improvement and myth-disproving shows? watched, sometimes two at the same time

big production dinner? made

dishes? done (that's a biggie)

laundry? currently drying

magazines/newspapers/junkmail? sorted and moved to resting places, final or otherwise

cds? organized

correspondence? caught up on

first half of America's Next Top Model marathon? enjoyed (although i've never really been into that program, when they show them all in a row, i just cannot find the courage to turn off the tv.)

ice cream? eaten

knitting project? more than halfway finished

facial mud mask? applied

toenails? repainted

horoscope? checked

newspaper? read

current issues of rolling stone, paste and salon.com? browsed through

blog post? soon to be posted

and although i've demonstrated a considerable amount of restraint in NOT watching Ghostbusters, which i have never seen but have recorded, i am now in a decent frame of mind to consider possibly getting started.

but i sure could use a nap, first.

6 comments:

highcontrast said...

going-away party for dear friend moving 700 miles away? UN-PLANNED.

Anonymous said...

oh CADIZ.... "ice cream" eaten! NOW THAT'S MY GIRL!!!! Hope you had more then one ... ahem.. scoop ;) yeah baby!!!!!

ok enough vulgarities-

stop freakin' dusting and get to shmoozin' and ass kissin'!!!!!!!

Mike said...

Some call it procrastinating. I call it planning.

cadiz12 said...

i think if it were your kind of ice cream, it would have been a totally different kind of day.

and as for my friend, hc, it's a lot easier to plan a party for him if i'm told when he was going away more than a few hours beforehand. everyone knows that cadiz can throw a damn good party, but she's gotta have something to work with.

Anonymous said...

how I know so well the tune you sing.

those accomplishemtns are still very considerable. I am mostly impressed by the laundry. laundry for me is a whole day production. the sorting, the loading, the drying, the taking in, the folding, the ironing, the keeping, the hangers.

*gives you a standing ovation*

good luck with the ginormous project!

neena maiya (guyana gyal) said...

LOL Have you started?