WAG - Made a List, Now Checking it Twice
"Busy" has been the standard reply to those who ask me how my day has been.
I don't have any major tests this week and a major project due date has been pushed back till Monday, but I still find myself working to get lots of little projects done.
A friend asked me, “What did you have to do today?” I laughed and pulled a small piece of paper from my pocket.
Here's a review of my "to do list," which has a few more things crossed off it than what my friend Paul read, but still has some things to go.
I'm also listing the status of the items to show how I am becoming a more efficient user of my time.
That and crossing something off the list, however simple or mundane, feels great and this way I get to do it twice.
Call Jessie (1) - (only once because I'll see her at church tonight). Check. Finished around 1, though she first called me around 8:45 when I was doing...)
Laundry - Check. Finished at 8:50 a.m. Later followed by....
Folding clothes... (excluding socks). Check. Finished at 2 p.m. ... Socks done.... TBA
Lunch - of Toasted Beef Ravioli and Cheese Nachos - around 1:30 p.m.
Journalism 319 Reading Assignment. Check-sorta. Read Friday's assignment, but skipped today. 9:05 a.m.
Clean (general) ... Note: I'm never done doing this, but it's still important to put on the list.
Shopping (for nonperishable items for the Cramer Thanksgiving Meal). Check - (Returned 6:35 p.m. after much dodging of traffic and hefting of groceries.
Poetry for English 324. TBA, probably right before class begins.
Sentence Divisions for Linguistics 340. TBA (See English 324).
Church. Check. Attended 7-10 p.m.
- Subset "Copies" for my class. Check. 7:01 p.m.
- Subset "Jessie ?" Check. Confirmed ride so Jessie and I could watch movies after church Sunday.
- Subset "Folders, Mechanical Pencils, and Name Tags". Check. Purchased during previously mentioned shopping trip. 6:24 p.m.
Send Floor Meeting Summary through Peer Editing Process to avoid miss-communications.
Send Email through Ground Floor List Serve. Check. 10:15 p.m.
Journalism 304 - Internet Research assignment. Check. Finished 9:30 a.m.
Email "Going Home Tips". Check. Passed on old email composed at the end of my first semester for the use of other staff members to use for end of semester boards. 2:00 p.m.
Make Thank-You Cards for Journalism Support Faculty. TBA (still have until Friday.)
Go to MU Bookstore. Check. Perused prices of office supplies (decided to go to Wal-Mart) except for a purchase of another organizing divider. 12:15 p.m.
Confirm arrangements to leave band early (for later shopping). Check. 4:15 p.m.
English 50 Short Story Critiques. TBA (though I should really finish them before they're due at 8 a.m. tomorrow).
Post. Check.
- Subset "News." Check. Updated "In the News" board with article concerning student staff member/friend's death. 3:00 p.m.
- Subset "Flyers." Check. Put up posters concerning campus activities and warning that dishes left too long in kitchen will be "disposed off."
- Subset "Site." Website needs to be updated.
'Check_Now'
