To Do Map
Ugh.
I want to go back to bed. -.- Not because I'm tired, per se, but because I just don't want to deal with my day right now, or something. Getting up and getting dressed was a chore in and of itself.
See, aside from straining my foot last week and the ongoing issues with my knee, I've just had this general sort of malaise where I don't want to do anything and feel kind of like I don't know what to do next even when I do want to do things. So, I'm getting back to basics and doing what I do best - making a to do list. There are a lot of things on this list that I *can't* do right now, because I'm still staying off my foot, and some things that are kind of beyond my control probably, but maybe this will help me feel better about not doing anything, to see it all laid out like that. Or something.
So, in no particular order, shit I need/want to do, and shit I need in order to do them:
*Post my halloween photos to Facebook
*Update my Ipsy profile with October's looks/reviews?
*Clean my apartment (buy a broom/dustpan):
-The bathroom. It needs a good solid cleaning anyway, but in addition to the layers of purple and turquoise fuzz sticking to the floors, the toilet seat has developed this odd condition since yesterday where this gray oily substance kind of randomly appears in blotches... I wiped it down yesterday but it's back today. Not sure if it's the plastic in the seat breaking down or maybe oils from my skin collecting smoke from the candle I was burning yesterday? Donno. It's weird, though, and I want to SCRUB EVERYTHING.
-The kitchen. All the dishes need to be done, they are seriously behind from the giant mess I made in there last weekend. My stovetop is covered in flour, and I need to figure out why I can't remove the heating elements in the one burner they had to fix to get at the flour - I am beginning to suspect that they glued it in place. :<
-Generally pick up the trash in my living room, sort mail, put things away, vacuum, and put away my laundry. (I need clothes for work this week ><).
*Food/groceries
-I need to eat this week, so I need to either go to the grocery store, or cook the things that I have in my house, which would be easier to do if it were clean, and also if I could be on my feet. And also if I felt like doing it.
-Recipes I have that I was in theory going to make this weekend/also that I need to use the food I have: - mashed potatoes (so the potatoes don't go bad, but I don't have butter or ranch or probably enough yogurt to put in it and have for breakfast...) -poppyseed chicken (again not enough yogurt) -barbeque chicken (probably the easiest to make, but I wanted mashed potatoes to go with...)
*Catch up my budget/reconcile it
-As far as the excel sheet goes, it's pretty well caught up, but somewhere along the line, I stopped following it very closely and somehow have run my credit card up some $500-something beyond what I can pay back each month. Between various sources, I think I'll be able to balance that back out, but I'm realizing that I want to be able to spend a little money on holiday stuff, as well as saving for my trip in March and needing to buy things for my apartment still, so I have resolved that I am not paying to eat out - no ordering with folks on fridays, no Starbucks trips, no snacks at the movie theater, no restaurants - until probably the end of the year/the holiday rush is over.
-It would help if the raise I should in theory have gotten at the end of July would happen soon. I should bug Leann about that again.
*Health related stuff
-Make a dentist's appointment for a cleaning (I still need a new dentist, that works with my schedule) - in theory I should do this before the end of the year, but we'll see.
-See a doctor for a general physical, a recommendation for a gynecologist, maybe talk about weight loss plans?
-Get serious about physical therapy for my knee, once my foot heals, so I can get back to a serious exercise plan
*Clean up my hard drives
-I sorted all of my music, but I should sort out the music I got from other people
-Also I should make some music lists/get music on my phone/new list on my mp3 player, etc
-I need to sort my writing folders, so I can get back to... y'know... writing (Conversation logs so I can find notes on various projects - memoirs/autobio sections, Resurrection Men, the story I was RPing with Tim, consent/climbing, or the ever-put-off Scenario, Space Program, among others I am sure...)
-All the other folders, I guess they're not super priority, but the less chaos in my life, yknow?
-Also I should back things up properly
-Also also I should get back to re/tagging my LJ someday
-Oh right, and my bookmarks are ridiculously out of hand
-And my email box.
*Make wishlists
-Amazon for music
-Stuff I need for my apartment, so I can come up with some kind of reasonable plan for furnishing it rather than just overspending when I see something I like/want.
*Driving has been indefinitely put off, partly because of my knee issues, partly because of the cost of living alone. My goal is to get back to it next spring, though, after a couple of raises and my wild vacation spending is done.
*Desk shopping
-This is a little bit of everything. I need to get my budget sorted so I have the money to buy one, but buying one is priority on my furnishings wishlist so that it (and a proper chair) will hopefully help my knee's recovery, and also it would be nice to have space to get back to other projects
*Like jewelry-making again
-I still have my tools but pretty much no supplies. I think I ought to do what I did the first time, and when I have some extra money (and a space to work), then set aside a couple hundred dollars to go on a shopping spree and just get started.
*Dating.
-I get better results when I'm more proactive, but it also seems to take so much energy, and is a bit discouraging when I take the time to read profiles and message people that seem interesting and then never hear back. I need some kind of day-by-day goal to feel like I'm making progress on this without getting frustrated.
-I really want a blind date. This is something I feel like is sort of a prime time to take advantage of. I've been trying OKCupid's Crazy Blind Date app, but it never finds any matches. I think there just aren't enough people up here. If I'm still single by the time March rolls around, I'm gonna see if I can set up some dates for Seattle, just to do it.
-In theory I have a date with this guy Paul I chatted with last night. I think we're going to go see a movie on saturday after he gets off work. Our schedules don't mesh real well and I had a few moments where questions went unanswered, which was frustrating, but he seems fun and probably worth meeting. Maybe face to face conversations are easier for him. He's supposed to call me tonight after he gets off, too. We'll see how that goes.
*Random things I've been telling people I will do
-Jared's been bugging me to catch up on Supernatural. I miss my shows with him, I should catch up on that, or Chuck maybe, so we'll have some stuff to talk about.
-I also need to send him the japanese music I promised to like two months ago. >.>
-Speaking of catching up on shows, maybe I should see if Shad wants to catch up on Castle
-Also kind of on the topic of dating, another guy I met on OKC sent me his novel to read like three weeks ago and I still haven't touched it.
-I feel bad because Parker gave me this book about promotions and I only read the one chapter, and kind of had to force myself through that.
-Also I've had Jim's copy of Summer Knight for ages and really should finish reading so I can give that back.
-All my Farscape DVDs are still sitting out because I was going to watch the special features, and never did
*Game stuff
-I still feel bad about the number of games in my Steam library that I have never touched. I really need to put my foot down and stop buying games, and bundles, and whatever. But people keep making them! And and and charity. >.>
-I still have lots of extra copies of games to give away, too. Maybe I'll save them and do a holiday giveaway. It's probably time for another go at catching my Steam library up to my Humble Bundle library though
-Eventually I would like an Android tablet, maybe for travelling
-This may sound silly but it really bothers me that my average game completion on my Steam profile is so low. It extra bothers me when achievements in games are broken and thus I can't get them perfect. :<
*I still need to make copies of my key, because that would help a lot with the paranoia of locking myself out.
...Well, I guess that's all I can think of right now. I'm not sure how much this has helped. :S I guess there're a couple things on here I can actually do right now, so I'll go do them.. and then probably go back to systematically beating every encounter in Magic 2013 with every deck I own. :< Sigh.
I want to go back to bed. -.- Not because I'm tired, per se, but because I just don't want to deal with my day right now, or something. Getting up and getting dressed was a chore in and of itself.
See, aside from straining my foot last week and the ongoing issues with my knee, I've just had this general sort of malaise where I don't want to do anything and feel kind of like I don't know what to do next even when I do want to do things. So, I'm getting back to basics and doing what I do best - making a to do list. There are a lot of things on this list that I *can't* do right now, because I'm still staying off my foot, and some things that are kind of beyond my control probably, but maybe this will help me feel better about not doing anything, to see it all laid out like that. Or something.
So, in no particular order, shit I need/want to do, and shit I need in order to do them:
*Post my halloween photos to Facebook
*Update my Ipsy profile with October's looks/reviews?
*Clean my apartment (buy a broom/dustpan):
-The bathroom. It needs a good solid cleaning anyway, but in addition to the layers of purple and turquoise fuzz sticking to the floors, the toilet seat has developed this odd condition since yesterday where this gray oily substance kind of randomly appears in blotches... I wiped it down yesterday but it's back today. Not sure if it's the plastic in the seat breaking down or maybe oils from my skin collecting smoke from the candle I was burning yesterday? Donno. It's weird, though, and I want to SCRUB EVERYTHING.
-The kitchen. All the dishes need to be done, they are seriously behind from the giant mess I made in there last weekend. My stovetop is covered in flour, and I need to figure out why I can't remove the heating elements in the one burner they had to fix to get at the flour - I am beginning to suspect that they glued it in place. :<
-Generally pick up the trash in my living room, sort mail, put things away, vacuum, and put away my laundry. (I need clothes for work this week ><).
*Food/groceries
-I need to eat this week, so I need to either go to the grocery store, or cook the things that I have in my house, which would be easier to do if it were clean, and also if I could be on my feet. And also if I felt like doing it.
-Recipes I have that I was in theory going to make this weekend/also that I need to use the food I have: - mashed potatoes (so the potatoes don't go bad, but I don't have butter or ranch or probably enough yogurt to put in it and have for breakfast...) -poppyseed chicken (again not enough yogurt) -barbeque chicken (probably the easiest to make, but I wanted mashed potatoes to go with...)
*Catch up my budget/reconcile it
-As far as the excel sheet goes, it's pretty well caught up, but somewhere along the line, I stopped following it very closely and somehow have run my credit card up some $500-something beyond what I can pay back each month. Between various sources, I think I'll be able to balance that back out, but I'm realizing that I want to be able to spend a little money on holiday stuff, as well as saving for my trip in March and needing to buy things for my apartment still, so I have resolved that I am not paying to eat out - no ordering with folks on fridays, no Starbucks trips, no snacks at the movie theater, no restaurants - until probably the end of the year/the holiday rush is over.
-It would help if the raise I should in theory have gotten at the end of July would happen soon. I should bug Leann about that again.
*Health related stuff
-Make a dentist's appointment for a cleaning (I still need a new dentist, that works with my schedule) - in theory I should do this before the end of the year, but we'll see.
-See a doctor for a general physical, a recommendation for a gynecologist, maybe talk about weight loss plans?
-Get serious about physical therapy for my knee, once my foot heals, so I can get back to a serious exercise plan
*Clean up my hard drives
-I sorted all of my music, but I should sort out the music I got from other people
-Also I should make some music lists/get music on my phone/new list on my mp3 player, etc
-I need to sort my writing folders, so I can get back to... y'know... writing (Conversation logs so I can find notes on various projects - memoirs/autobio sections, Resurrection Men, the story I was RPing with Tim, consent/climbing, or the ever-put-off Scenario, Space Program, among others I am sure...)
-All the other folders, I guess they're not super priority, but the less chaos in my life, yknow?
-Also I should back things up properly
-Also also I should get back to re/tagging my LJ someday
-Oh right, and my bookmarks are ridiculously out of hand
-And my email box.
*Make wishlists
-Amazon for music
-Stuff I need for my apartment, so I can come up with some kind of reasonable plan for furnishing it rather than just overspending when I see something I like/want.
*Driving has been indefinitely put off, partly because of my knee issues, partly because of the cost of living alone. My goal is to get back to it next spring, though, after a couple of raises and my wild vacation spending is done.
*Desk shopping
-This is a little bit of everything. I need to get my budget sorted so I have the money to buy one, but buying one is priority on my furnishings wishlist so that it (and a proper chair) will hopefully help my knee's recovery, and also it would be nice to have space to get back to other projects
*Like jewelry-making again
-I still have my tools but pretty much no supplies. I think I ought to do what I did the first time, and when I have some extra money (and a space to work), then set aside a couple hundred dollars to go on a shopping spree and just get started.
*Dating.
-I get better results when I'm more proactive, but it also seems to take so much energy, and is a bit discouraging when I take the time to read profiles and message people that seem interesting and then never hear back. I need some kind of day-by-day goal to feel like I'm making progress on this without getting frustrated.
-I really want a blind date. This is something I feel like is sort of a prime time to take advantage of. I've been trying OKCupid's Crazy Blind Date app, but it never finds any matches. I think there just aren't enough people up here. If I'm still single by the time March rolls around, I'm gonna see if I can set up some dates for Seattle, just to do it.
-In theory I have a date with this guy Paul I chatted with last night. I think we're going to go see a movie on saturday after he gets off work. Our schedules don't mesh real well and I had a few moments where questions went unanswered, which was frustrating, but he seems fun and probably worth meeting. Maybe face to face conversations are easier for him. He's supposed to call me tonight after he gets off, too. We'll see how that goes.
*Random things I've been telling people I will do
-Jared's been bugging me to catch up on Supernatural. I miss my shows with him, I should catch up on that, or Chuck maybe, so we'll have some stuff to talk about.
-I also need to send him the japanese music I promised to like two months ago. >.>
-Speaking of catching up on shows, maybe I should see if Shad wants to catch up on Castle
-Also kind of on the topic of dating, another guy I met on OKC sent me his novel to read like three weeks ago and I still haven't touched it.
-I feel bad because Parker gave me this book about promotions and I only read the one chapter, and kind of had to force myself through that.
-Also I've had Jim's copy of Summer Knight for ages and really should finish reading so I can give that back.
-All my Farscape DVDs are still sitting out because I was going to watch the special features, and never did
*Game stuff
-I still feel bad about the number of games in my Steam library that I have never touched. I really need to put my foot down and stop buying games, and bundles, and whatever. But people keep making them! And and and charity. >.>
-I still have lots of extra copies of games to give away, too. Maybe I'll save them and do a holiday giveaway. It's probably time for another go at catching my Steam library up to my Humble Bundle library though
-Eventually I would like an Android tablet, maybe for travelling
-This may sound silly but it really bothers me that my average game completion on my Steam profile is so low. It extra bothers me when achievements in games are broken and thus I can't get them perfect. :<
*I still need to make copies of my key, because that would help a lot with the paranoia of locking myself out.
...Well, I guess that's all I can think of right now. I'm not sure how much this has helped. :S I guess there're a couple things on here I can actually do right now, so I'll go do them.. and then probably go back to systematically beating every encounter in Magic 2013 with every deck I own. :< Sigh.