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August 01, 2005
I'm Actually Accomplishing Something
I have felt for so long like I never get anything done, and I often wonder why. Yes, I got lines memorized and the cat litter changed and the reading and lesson planning done, and the papers written, and occasionally the plants planted and the laundry done, but I often felt as though I had so much to do and no motivation/energy to do it.
Though this may be a temporary aberration, I have managed in the last two days to actually do something. I cleaned my desk, I organized my files, I removed all of the ugly towel rods and rings from the bathroom, and the toilet paper holder, which was the same kind of ugly, and purchased much nicer fixtures to replace them (some of them are now replaced, though for others we need to drill new holes, and I'm going to let Dave do that part). And I selected paint chips so that I can make the bathroom a much nicer color than it is right now.
I decided upon and actually installed the bottom to a cigar box I began six months ago.
I finished a letter (that I began in mid-June) to a friend. (Hi, Paul.) I printed out and framed pictures I have wanted in my office (and in the process found occupants for frames that had been sitting empty for ages).
I returned a bunch of used inkjet cartridges to Office Depot, which will send them back to HP for me.
I sprayed my volunteer tomato plants (the only ones that have thrived--I will never buy that brand of potting soil again) with blossom set and poured vinegar on the morning glory and unkillable vine off the porch.
I got a wastebasket for my office. Well, technically it's a flowerpot with a plastic bag in it, but it is the perfect wastebasket for my eclectic little space.
I finally unwrapped my root irrigator and am using it right now to water a plant that I'm afraid may be dead. (I hadn't noticed that it wasn't getting water because something's gone wrong with a section of our sprinkler system).
And, wonder of wonders, I have lost two pounds since last week.
All of this in addition to striking POW! and A Thousand Cranes and doing one final POW! curtain raiser and watching Hush last night and doing (so far) two loads of laundry and going to they gym as usual.
I just hope I can keep this up. It would be really nice to get the house into the shape I want it to be before it gets too cold to keep the windows open.
Posted by sally at August 1, 2005 01:09 PM
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