Sunday, November 09, 2008

there's a big deadline tomorrow

So before I sit down to tackle the task, of course I first must:
*sweep the floors
*rearrange the pantry (soups grouped by thickness, crackers grouped by graininess)
*roll up each extra empty plastic bag for easy retrieval
*take out all the tupperware and put it back, stacked with lids
* wash the whites
*dry the whites
*dust
*feed the plants and worry about the ivy, which is looking sickly
* rearrange the bottles in the refrigerator door
*take the summer shoes out of the hall closet
*wash out all the jars/cans for recycling
*take out the recycling, making sure that I've read all the pages of the newspaper first
*take out the garbage
*get caught up in a historical program about the Jonestown mass suicide, which now doubles the time it takes to do even the most mundane task
* sweep the carpet for stray hair
*vacuum, especially thoroughly inside the closet
*re-pair the socks
* wash the darks
* dry the darks
*make the bed
*clean up the bathroom
*arrange the magazines
*dust the top of the fridge
*clean out under the sink
*twitter
*text message
*begin freaking out about how little time I have now
*remember that I haven't posted for NaBloPoMo yet, and there's only 15 minutes left in the day.
*post
*resume freaking out
Sigh. It's the story of my life.

8 comments:

  1. "crackers grouped by graininess.."

    So, are the Cracker Police going to show up tomorrow?

    Seems like a lot to do.

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  2. Do you know the triangle folding technique for plastic bags? It makes them into neat triangles, easier for storage.

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  3. Wow. You do more in a few hours than I do in a month!

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  4. Ha ha, I know precisely what you mean, I have an essay deadline tomorrow and yet there are a billion other things that are far more important, never mind the fact that they are utterly unimportant really!!! ;-)

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  5. haha! sounds like college, the night before an exam...

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  6. I do the same thing with the crazy procrastination cleaning! I thought I was alone. You poor thing.

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  7. Hehehe, wow this looks so familiar. If I have something to do. I find every single thing that I must do before it gets done.
    Eek!

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  8. Sounds like what I do when I have a big deadline!

    BTW, I clicked through to your blog from the NaBloPoMo Blogroll. Funny stuff.

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