:: anne in the attic ::

Create Your Own Countdown

:: Saturday, February 08, 2003 ::

There's little that's sweeter than the anticipation of a day off with almost no plans. I have the following solitary pursuits from which to choose:

1. Clearing the yard of winter debris and doing some much-needed pruning in the clear, cold air. (Likely for a short morning stint, with coffee in hand.)
2. Doing a Murphy's Oil Soap number on the floors. (Hmm, not too likely, but maybe if it rains....)
3. Filtering through the foot-high stack of papers that need filing. (Maybe for half an hour.)
4. Guitar practice (Quite likely, and I'll probably have to limit that to a couple of hours.)
5. Finessing the 4 recordings that are nearly releasable. (Unlikely -- that's usually an all-day thing.)
6. Mounting hooks in the shed to hang up some of the power tools. (Can you see it hanging heavily over my head?)

And then, the possible social pursuits are too many to list -- among them are the digital cataloguing of mom's recent series of sculptures (which requires a quick jaunt out of town), friends awaiting return calls, the housemate search (ick), the girlfriend, the brother, and a couple of people who need tutorials on various computer programs or functions. I hope to find a happy amalgam of these lists tomorrow. Damn, I hate having only one (definite) day off a week. A person needs two -- one to do the work that's been neglected all week, and the other to relax. I'm becoming an expert at time theft -- mostly from myself -- here and there; I have the "multi-tasking" disease. And tonight? Probably the brother. One down. Crossing people off of the list of things to do as though they were tasks... that sure is sad.

:: Anne 6:47 PM [smartass remarks] ::
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