Filling up the summer, one ToDo list at a time
Now that summer has officially started, and the craziness and stress of school and graduation and moving is over, it is time to plan out the summer so I don't fall into the endless loop of LJ, Email, facebook, RP, rinse and repeat. This is a dangerous pit, and I'm already tumbling, so: A ToDo list.
First things first, because I honestly do not remember if I posted online about this: I did make it into grad school. It wasn't the ideal choice, and I'm back up where I did my undergrad. But it's school, and I'm content. That being said, I am still treating this summer (despite that I have to make moving plans and apartment hunt etc) as if it weren't just a summer break, and like I've actually graduated and have freedom. I need to give myself a minor feeling of liberation, for sanity's sake.
-Read the Jane Austen books that have been sitting on my harddrive for a year and a half.
-Finish knitting at least half of the blanket I have been working on for two years, continue to hope it comes out like a blanket, and not like a blanket-length tube.
-Write something original. The short stories, I needs to be writing them. Maybe by July my brain will have recovered enough stamina after its brutalization ala senior year, and it will start obeying me again.
-Try to write fics that I owe people from...God knows how far back. (if you have anything particular you'd like to hint at, my memory is probably in need of a beating, so feel free).
-Find a good C++ programming book and finally get going on the programming thing for real, before Andy beats me over the head.
-buy and plant herbs for the summer.
-Keep herbs alive.
-Learn how to make tea from some of said herbs.
-Make a start on some of the books that have been sitting on my bookshelf for far too long. List of books-to-read upcoming, suggestions welcome.
-Do thorough cleaning and purging of room.
-Find apartment for next year, and furnish said apartment.
-Get classes and such sorted out for next year.
-Get out biking at least twice a week with Andy, maybe more. Find exercise bike for when he can't/is feeling too lazy.
-In similar thinking, try to get back in shape in general. Maybe learn how to cook healthy things that actually taste halfway decent (the healthy things probably taste alright, but when I cook them, disasters happen).
That's the majority for now. I'm sure it will grow, but that's the long and short of what I have so far. It'll tide me over. The list above, and actually getting the journals from the trip typed up and posted before I forget everything.
First longish entry, and it's a ToDo list. I'm pretty much rubbish. :)
TTFN
First things first, because I honestly do not remember if I posted online about this: I did make it into grad school. It wasn't the ideal choice, and I'm back up where I did my undergrad. But it's school, and I'm content. That being said, I am still treating this summer (despite that I have to make moving plans and apartment hunt etc) as if it weren't just a summer break, and like I've actually graduated and have freedom. I need to give myself a minor feeling of liberation, for sanity's sake.
-Read the Jane Austen books that have been sitting on my harddrive for a year and a half.
-Finish knitting at least half of the blanket I have been working on for two years, continue to hope it comes out like a blanket, and not like a blanket-length tube.
-Write something original. The short stories, I needs to be writing them. Maybe by July my brain will have recovered enough stamina after its brutalization ala senior year, and it will start obeying me again.
-Try to write fics that I owe people from...God knows how far back. (if you have anything particular you'd like to hint at, my memory is probably in need of a beating, so feel free).
-Find a good C++ programming book and finally get going on the programming thing for real, before Andy beats me over the head.
-buy and plant herbs for the summer.
-Keep herbs alive.
-Learn how to make tea from some of said herbs.
-Make a start on some of the books that have been sitting on my bookshelf for far too long. List of books-to-read upcoming, suggestions welcome.
-Do thorough cleaning and purging of room.
-Find apartment for next year, and furnish said apartment.
-Get classes and such sorted out for next year.
-Get out biking at least twice a week with Andy, maybe more. Find exercise bike for when he can't/is feeling too lazy.
-In similar thinking, try to get back in shape in general. Maybe learn how to cook healthy things that actually taste halfway decent (the healthy things probably taste alright, but when I cook them, disasters happen).
That's the majority for now. I'm sure it will grow, but that's the long and short of what I have so far. It'll tide me over. The list above, and actually getting the journals from the trip typed up and posted before I forget everything.
First longish entry, and it's a ToDo list. I'm pretty much rubbish. :)
TTFN