A not-too-lazy solstice

[mdlbear]

It's been a rather lazy-feeling day, though I've actually gotten a few things done. Not a walk, though; I could have gone walking either before 9am or after 4pm without getting wet, but I didn't. By the time I finished breakfast it was raining gently.

I've gotten a few things done, though. Dishes, mostly, and a bit of general cleaning-up in the house. Started giving the Wolfling a lesson in CGI scripting, though it was interrupted by Colleen waking up (in a bad mood, with very low blood sugar) and needing breakfast. She asked for a sweet omelette, so I made two, with grape jelly. Yum.

Made us grilled-cheese sandwitches for "lunch" -- the quotes are because by that time it was 2:30 or so. Hers came within about 30 seconds of being burned into inedibility when I got distracted. Somewhere in there I also changed the tablecloth on the dining-room table (for some unguessable reason the Y.D. had used a plastic shower curtain) and re-organized it pretty completely. Did I mention the lightbulbs, the freezer shelf (with a rack of ribs frozen onto it), a little bit of music practice and a little bit of IM'ing? Must have slipped my mind.

Finished the afternoon with a quick last-minute shopping trip, during which I established that the items I need a couple of for last-minute presents are not currently in stock, but are expected sometime this week. Yeah, I could get them more cheaply online, but not if I have to pay for expedited shipping. Which I would.

Started the evening with a glass of gin. Somehow I still don't feel particularly accomplished, possibly because none of the things I actually did were on my ever-lengthening to-do list.

The chaoswolf is cooking dinner.

Comments

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

bardling has talked about giving up "to-do" lists in favor of "ta-dah" lists... thinking and writing about what you've accomplished rather than what you intend to. It makes for just as much productivity and a lot less guilt and self-nagging.

[mdlbear]

I'll often add things that I've done to the "done" list -- it's quite useful for things like LJ posts and for assuring myself that the day hasn't been entirely wasted.

But I also *really* need reminders. Otherwise a lot of things, especially items requiring social interaction or paperwork, simply don't get thought about. Sometimes for years. It's bad enough when they're on the list and not getting done.