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Someone left free-for-all honey in our break room at work, which is fabulous because I love honey in my tea and zomg honey. It is also good because I think I'm coming down with my annual cold (I get maybe one or two a year, so I guess I can't really complain) and tea with honey totally makes that better. Because, um, zomg honey is magic.

I wish there was a honey produced under the brand 'zomg'. I would buy that and keep it in my purse for all sorts of nefarious deeds. But mostly to put in my tea.

(Moral of the story: I like honey.)

Today is Friday, and for me it is a half-day Friday -- in part because I have worked SO VERY HARD this month to-date and in part because my car just got summoned for a safety recall, so I'm taking it to the dealership to get that fixed up (apparently I need that part to, y'know, steer my car, and it would be a very bad thing if it broke). Darling coworker/friend A is accompanying me and helping me kill some time between when I drop off my car and when I pick it up, so I'm expecting a fabulous afternoon. And also a very busy weekend, because Sunday is pretty literally the last mostly-free day I have between now and November 28. You suck, schedule.

Speaking of time management, I haven't put up a to-do list in a while. So... I guess it's time to break that streak. Aren't you lucky?

( This weekend, I will... )

I can't get my head together, so I'm tossing up a very short to-do list because this is all stuff I should accomplish after work today and, let's face it, that doesn't leave me a crap of a lot of time to get it all done.

[x] Change your shirt.
[x] Treat the shirt.
[x] Be careful not to drop red food on white shirts in the future.
[x] Call the mortgage company. Make sure they got the city tax bill, and that they are paying it.
[x] If yes, rejoice. If no, send the tax bill.
[x] Empty the dishwasher.
[x] Empty the dish drain.
[x] Friggin' clean the kitchen counter.
[x] Make a stupid pie.
[x] Put chicken or something in the fridge to defrost.
[x] Do that thing for the Wii.
[x] Charge the board.
[x] Charge the stupid phone.
[x] Make lunch for tomorrow.
[x] Unleash some mighty beta-fu.
[x] Do something about The Bag.
[x] Reserve that book from the library.
[x] Take a deep breath.
[x] Get your mail out of the fridge.

Apparently this checklist-for-the-week thing is a good idea. I accomplished all but one thing on last week's list, and, really, that's mostly because I wasn't on my computer much this weekend. So it's something I'm going to do again this week, and we'll see how it goes. This week, the deadline is Sunday, May 30.

( This week, I will... )

Aaaaaaaand that's all for now. I'll probably add things throughout the week, as I figure out what still needs doing.

Unrelated, I got a little bit of my geek on this weekend. I had breakfast(brunch?) with A and we went to the comic book store, where she desperately sought out the boys from the Big Bang Theory (we did not see their east-coast equivalents, though, which is good because she'd probably have peed herself if we had), and then we watched X-files (which I'd never seen before, if you can believe that) and Star Trek II. Because nothing makes a Saturday quite like William Shatner's infamous "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!".

The weather in Baltimore is absolutely gorgeous. And it's supposed to stay sunny and gorgeous through Wednesday night, at which point it's supposed to rain up a monsoon through Thursday or Friday. Luckily, I'll be in California by then. Stuck inside a hotel, yes, but still. Avoiding the rain. Yay!

The whole trip thing kind of snuck up on me, though, which means I've a lot to do today and tomorrow to prep. And you know what that means...

( If you guessed 'to-do list!', you guessed right. )

We're supposed to get a crapload of snow today and tomorrow, and pretty much everybody in the general area is freaking out over it. I remain skeptical. The upside is that it means I'm leaving work early. On the other hand, I'm not looking forward to potentially having to dig out my car or anything. The flute choir's Saturday gig was canceled, too, so I now have a completely free Saturday. Which I'm okay with.

Still not sure about Sunday.

I somehow wandered back onto eBay this week, and have bought three things since Monday, including a Wii (hello, my return to not-so-casual gaming!), which I won yesterday. No shipping information for that, so I am pouting and complaining that I won't have it before this SUPER HUGE OMG SNOWSTORM everyone is positive we're getting, and I'm sure driving everyone I know crazy in the process. Not that I need anything else to distract me. Ohnoes.

Speaking of distractions, my attempts at daily to-do lists continue to fail. Thus, I'm going back to my LJ weekend to-do list, so you guys can keep me honest. Or at least try to keep me honest. (Good luck!)

( This weekend, I will... )

So my birthday was awesome. There was food and zombies and wine and other various things, so it's all wonderful. I have lots of new kitchen gadgets to play with. Squee~ ♥

Also, it's Friday, and you guys know what that means...

( To-do on Friday... )

( To-Do on Saturday... )

( To-Do on Sunday... )

I forgot to take out the trash last night, for what is now the third week in a row. It's a good thing I live by myself and all the trash fits in that one can. Still, next week I can't forget. Because that would be a loserly thing to do.

It's Turkey week! Thanksgiving is my second favorite holiday, so much so that my family has two of them every year. Well, sort of. The immediate family (my parents and brothers and grandmother and I) have a smaller Thanksgiving the day of (usually consisting of ham or some such) and then the extended family (i.e., my father's entire family. He's the youngest of eight, so it's pretty substantial) has another one (with Turkey) on Saturday. This year, the smaller of the two (Thursday) is going to be at my house. This will be... interesting. I'm not sure where everyone is going to sit.

It also means I've got lots to do today to get ready. So, that in mind, have a to-do list. Really. I insist.

( My lists get progressively more ridiculous. )

Yeah yeah, the to-do lists are back. Live with it. ^_~

To-Do:
[x] work work
[x] list next week as PTO
[x] lunch lunch
[x] holycrap reviews
[x] holycrap formatting
[x] holycrap art log
[x] go home
[x] check the mail
[x] UNLEASH THE BEASTS
[x] feed the beasts
[x] snuggle the beasts
[x] drink some water
[x] read Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
[x] make some dinner, yo
[x] work on the House prompt I started
[x] ...speaking of, make sure House is set to record
[x] watch Dancing with the Stars
[x] call Mom; discuss Donny Osmond
[x] vote for Donny so Mom doesn't kill me in my sleep
[x] make cookies
[x] watch Big Bang Theory (just got into this show. Does anyone else love it as much as I do?)
[x] balance le checkbooks
[x] decide what to do with le kittens overnight
[x] leave that eBay review
[x] sleep sleep

In other news. I spent the weekend with my parents, as advertised, and the kittens had a wonderful time. My mother's cat, not so much, but it was fun. Upon arriving home yesterday, I gave the kittens run of the downstairs (instead of just the basement) while I was at flute choir and, since they were so good for those four hours, overnight as well. I'm happy to report that there were no accidents and nothing was destroyed, so they will likely get to keep that privilege another night. They're still restricted to the basement while I'm at work (because that's a long time for them to be running around alone), but we're getting there. They were also allowed to come upstairs with me last night (for about ten minutes) and this morning (for about fifteen minutes) while I was putting laundry away and doing general upstairs-chores. One step at a time.

Next week I'll be running off to Michigan with my mother, intent on seeing my aunt (and getting a little bit of road trip in while we're at it). We have plans to spend time in Cleveland, Altoona, Mackinac Island, and a few other places, and that'll be an interesting time. I'm looking forward to the vacation.

Coffee is delicious.

That is all.

Things need to get done tomorrow. So, yes, it's early, but, well, it needs to happen. So here's a to-do list -- just for Thursday! I'm not even bothering with a cut, since it's only for a day (and I expect it won't be too terribly long).

[x] Okay, the alarm has gone off, like, six times. Get up.
[x] Get ready for work.
[x] Meet the carpool and get your butt to work.
[x] Start on the review stuff. It has to get done.
[x] Publishing Committee at ten! Can't be late!
[x] Market Research meeting at noon! Same room, though. That's nice.
[x] Free lunch! Wooo!
[x] I seriously don't remember what's on my task list. But do it.
[x] And set up the EA desk, too.
[x] Check in with Accounting.
[x] ...do more of that stuff I can't remember right now.
[x] Work work work.
[x] Aaaand work work work...
[x] Three o'clock? Great. Tea break!
[x] Yum. Now, back to work!
[x] Five o'clock means it's time to go home! Remind JP that it's Parent Night.
[x] Go home.
[x] Have a drink.
[x] Have another drink.
[x] Grab some groceries.
[x] How's the weather? Open a window or two.
[x] All set? All set. Turn on the computer.
[x] Send Thing-1 that stuff I promised, like, last week.
[x] Done that? Good. Disable the internet connection.
[x] ...and write a goddamn couple thousand words! We're way behind!
[ ] Seriously, hit at least 5,000.
[x] Got it? Great. Take a break.
[x] Had a breather? Make some dinner.
[ ] Back to work. Let's hit 9,000.
[x] That done? Okay. Time for another breather. Let's practice the clarinet.
[x] I know, I know, I don't want to either, but I promised.
[x] Done? Done. Clean up about the house.
[ ] ...aaaaaaand back to work! Maybe hit 12,000? Seriously. We're supposed to be over 16,000.
[ ] This is pathetic.
[x] Still, I think that's enough for tonight. Turn the interwebs back on.
[x] Chillax. Maybe work intermittently on that story you promised mortenavida.
[x] Wile away the hours. You bum.
[x] Once that's done... Well, let's call it a night. Good night!

Ladies? Gentlemen? I need to hit at least 10,000 words tomorrow. Minimum. If you see me online after five o'clock and the word counter below doesn't say I've hit 10k, yell at me.

I mean it.
Today's Goal:

PreNoWriMo Total:

It's a day early, but I want to get the to-do list out of the way so I can (a) get my head together and (b) not worry about it anymore. So that's something.

Also, I just noticed the new "Detect" feature for the LJ location. That's kind of cool, except it seems to think I'm in Philadelphia. I am so very much not in Philadelphia. (I wonder if that's because my company's main office is in Philadelphia? Is that it? Whatever. It's still weird.)

( Thursday's List )

( Friday's List )

( Saturday's List )

( Sunday's List )

And those are my weekend plans, though I reserve the right to add things as they come up. Y'know, as they do.