to do (again)
Pick up the last transcripts from the registrar’s office.
Write the statements of interest for the last two schools.
Send application packages by courier.
Finish reading a novel (1/3 done) for tomorrow’s class.
Send a discussion question on the novel to the professor today.
Do some research for the R.A. job.
Think about the topic for my seminar in two weeks and start research.
Think about the topic for my other seminar in three weeks and start research.
Mark huge, ugly pile of business writing nonsense for my T.A. job
Read for next week’s classes (Book of Negroes, Book 3 of the Locke)
Make a menu for Pancake Tuesday party (30 guests!).
Find and borrow a couple of griddles and an enormous coffee maker for that party.
Notice how hardly anything got done yesterday? That's because I wasn't including all of the extra stuff:
Return borrowed book to prof.
Get money out of the bank
Buy birthday gift for my father
Get groceries
Buy shampoo and conditioner to replace the product that Mia filled with water when she had her bath on Monday night
Make dinner
Eat dinner
Wander around the thrift store for an hour
Buy a new pair of Mary Janes and make Ulysses come and buy shoes too (buy one, get one free)
And today I still have to do all of the undone things, but I also have to:
Go to class
Make it home right after to meet the kids (Ulysses is in Toronto today)
Make dinner
Clean up