My To Do List: Week of 10/12/09

I like to make up To Do lists and Going To Do lists and Need To Do lists...I like making lists. Yeah. I'm one of those.

MONDAY
[x] work at 11
[o] read through Sunday's New York Times
[x] update Ru Stitchery
[o] finish first installation of my education rant for Ru Blog
[o] update laptop to Snow Leopard (postponed until tonight because I never did back up last night. bad me.)
[o] change letter scene in Liam & Jer (and/or do on Wednesday)
[o] work on playlists (and/or do Wednesday)
[x] work out
[x] dinner with Dad, give back CDs, Snow Leopard, give recent Wired (haven't updated OS yet, forgot Wired at home)

TUESDAY
[o] pick up prescription (or else do Thursday)
[o] deposit paycheck (or else do Wednesday)
[x] class at 12:30 (freaking library session which will be my sixth identical session since attending MCC but I can't skip because there's an assignment given out at the end GRAW)
[x] start learning Illustrator in Computer Graphics!
[o] pick up Guru and drop off Catsy's plate (or else do Wednesday)
[o] Woman's Group at 7 (Didn't go to group, which means didn't go to Willimantic)
[x] sushi for dinner! \^.^/

WEDNESDAY
[x] Stephanie at 11
[x] deposit paycheck (if not done Tuesday/or else do Thursday)
[x] pick up Guru and drop off Catsy's plate) (if not done Tuesday)
[x] gas up the car
[o] mail hair (if there's time, or else do Friday)
[x] work at 1
[o] finish second installation of education rant for Ru Blog
[o] change letter scene in L&J (if not done Monday)
[o] work on playlists (if not done Monday)
[o] work out
[o] sushi for dinner??
[o] watch Robin Hood: Men In Tights with Ryan?

THURSDAY
[o] breakfast with Mom
[x] deposit paycheck (if not done Tuesday or Wednesday) (done Wednesday)
[x] pick up prescription (if not done Tuesday)
[x] no Reporting class today!
[x] class at 3
[o] NACHOS DAMMIT (bad weather + bad attendance = no Nachos this week, dammit)

FRIDAY
[o] NO WORK!
[o] may go in and work out anyway
[o] laundry?
[o] mail hair (if not Wednesday)
[o] play WoW? Vittie needs work... (This is all I did ALL DAY and it was GREAT!)
[o] do some apartment cleaning?
[o] grocery or household item shopping?
[o] be social? maybe? for once on a Friday?
[o] sushi for dinner? can you tell I have a craving?
[o] watch movie with Ryan?
[o] THE POSSIBILITIES! THEY ARE ENDLESS!
([o] can you tell it's been a while since I've had a weekend off without plans?)

SATURDAY
[o] NO WORK!
[o] set the alarm for 6 AM anyway JUST SO I CAN SHUT IT OFF AND GO BACK TO SLEEP OH WHAT BLISS
[o] watch No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency with Mom?
[o] play Wow? cleaning? laundry? most of the same options as yesterday until 3 PM or so
[o] spend some time at the Ren Faire with David, possibly with Ryan as well!
[o] dinner with David (and possibly others)


I'll be coming back during the week and crossing things off as needed. Which, really, is the best part of the whole List thing.

And I wonder why I'm always tired.

On Saturdays, I open up work at 7 AM. This means I have to get up at 6 AM. If I want a full 8 hours of sleep, I need to be slumbering by 10 PM Friday night.

This is how my Friday night usually goes:

9:30 PM
I should probably head to bed soon. I may not get a full 8 hours (and hell, would I know what to do with them?), but I should try to get as much as possible.

10 PM
I should probably go to bed soon.

10:15 PM
I should probably go to bed soon.

10:30 PM
I should probably go to bed soon.

11 PM
Ryan: Dear, it's 11 PM.
Me: And?
Ryan: I just wanted to let you know. It's 11.
Me: Okay...
Ryan: In case you were unaware. It's 11. Pee-Emm.
Me: Ryan.
Ryan: Ruth.
Me: ...
Ryan: It's 11 PM.

11:10 PM
Ryan: It is now 10 after 11.

11:15 PM
Ryan: It is now quarter after 11.

11:20 PM
Ryan: It is now--
Me: OKAY! SHUT UP!

11:25 PM
Turn off computer, start bed prep: brushing teeth, taking pills, moving morning-prep things to living room so the chances to wake Ryan are minimized, putting bag together so I can leave on time, etc.

11:30 - 11:50 PM
Listen to Ryan talk about something WoW-related that he decided to mention as I was getting ready for bed. Listen with half my brain, remember the conversation at 11 with other half.

11:50 PM - 12:05 AM
Chase fly around room with awesome new fly swatter while cursing like a sailor.

12:05 AM - 12:25 AM
Climb into bed, I talk at Ryan, who is too nice to just leave the bedroom while I'm yakking at him even though I should be asleep.

12:30 AM
Ryan leaves the room. I read a magazine or book to try and quiet my mind for sleeping.

12:30 - 12:40 AM
Fly reappears on bedside lamp. Try to ignore it. Try to read. Try to ignore it. Try to ignore it. Try to ignore it.

12:45 AM
Do you watch Family Guy? Have you ever seen one of the episodes where the giant chicken comes in and there's a drawn-out, over-the-top fight scene between him and Peter? Yeah that. But with replace Peter Griffin with me and the chicken with a fly.

1:00 AM
After one final swat, decide that the fly is dead even though I can't find the body. Turn off the light. Ryan asks if I want the door closed so the music won't keep me awake, I say no, I like it, it helps me fall asleep.

1:00 - 1:30 AM
Each song change wakes me up a little. Each squeak of the office chair wakes me up a little. Random words in the songs will wake me up a little. The cat moving around upstairs will wake me up a little. Every time I wake up, it feels like I've been asleep for 3 hours, when in reality it's been less than five minutes.

1:30 AM
Ryan finally comes to bed. I use his arm as a pillow and make a happy little "mmm" sound. When he tries to take his arm back, I inform him that "mmm" is part of the English dialect known as Girlese and translates into "Your arm is mine now, ha ha."

1:45 AM
Finally fall asleep.


All I can say is: thank God for energy drinks.