I haven’t posted about my daily goals in a while, and part of that is because I completely fell off the wagon where one of them was concerned. I was not getting my dishes done every day.
Obviously, with the new faucet, there is a bit of “rebirth” pertaining to that particular task, but most of the reason I wasn’t following through had to do with a different schedule at work, and it being freaking hot. Who wants to stand in front of a steamy kitchen sink when the temperature outside is steamy enough?
Now that I’m back on my 3 to midnight schedule, the dishes aren’t a problem. And I can proudly state that I’m keeping up with the paper coming into this house. I bought a new 8-gallon trashcan and it’s on one side of my desk. The shredder is on the other. The file cabinet is also within reach. When mail comes in, it’s sorted into one of four piles: file, pay, shred and trash. The pay pile stays on my desk until I’m ready to pay bills. Everything else gets handled right then and there. This is proof that the key to staying on top of certain things is to have the proper tools within reach.
I’m long overdue for adding a third daily goal, but I still need to give it some thought. Hmmm….
You know, this is probably a bad time to mention that 60 Minutes ran a report a few weeks ago about how messy people are (on average) 40% more productive than neat people.
Take that, dish-washin’-Val.
CHUCK!!!!!! Where have you been?? How’s the wife? How’s work? How’s Merryland? How’s Boscoe, the cold-hearted gangsta?
They *finally* got approval to hire for your old job. Want it back?
We miss you!
PS - Don’t tell anyone, but the Cubs are in first place right now. Shhhhh….
Val,
I’ve been teaching and coordinating courses; writing, rewritign, and revising lesson plans and quizzes, holding office hours; writing, rewriting, and revising exams; going to inspiring meetings about dangerous students, and how to identify them before they go all VT and shoot people; hanging out at Assateague National Seashore; and otherwise keeping insanely busy!
Still, I finally got some dial-up at home, so I’ve started to post on my blog and on others’ blogs again.
The wife is as lovely as (if not more lovely than) ever. She’s started sewing and has a new blog.
Maryland is not bad, but DelMarVa is where it’s at!
Bosco is as cold-hearted as ever. (See the picture on my blog from February.)
The old LMTA2, for real? Would I be a candidate? Would I be holed up in the basement? It might be worth it to be able to visit family and hang out with friends without driving twelve hours.
Whoops, I meant to say that,
Kelly has a new blog