Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Reading for 3 hours. Will be back on 11:30 to state my progress.

Well, my days are improving immensly between posting in the morning and checking in through the day. Now I need to start working on my evenings. Perhaps just writing them down for all to see will make me a little more accountable.

• plan meals for week
• play with DS
• Clean bathroom and vacuum upstairs
• make bed upstairs
• Laundry
• start thank you notes
• go for walk with dog (most important!)

I have some other things I want accomplished but I think that they will be too much to accomplish.

I had a doctor's appointment this morning and just got to work half an hour ago. . . so, now I'm going to lunch!     I'll be back in an hour or so with a todolist for the afternoon <grin>.  

Update 1:30 - here's my todo list:

• Gym
• Dr. appt.
• Stop by HD
• Check pressure in tires 
• email
• todo list
• Project V - System 2 - ~ 2 hours
• Call J about Project G - ~ 30 minutes
• Project G - continue planning - ~ 1 hour (actually got past planning and started doing the actual work)
• Calorie King - 10 minutes
• Check balance - $$ for prescriptions - 10 minutes
• Scary SSA form - just START the cover letter - 5 minutes (I finished the cover letter in like 3 minutes - why do I agonize over these simple things lol)
• commute
• PIck up prescriptions
• dishes (DD is cooking dinner)

Update 4:40 - it's interesting that I was about to write that I hadn't worked very hard this afternoon, but that's not true, I worked for 2 hours on Project V, but I didn't make as much progress as I would have liked because I ran into an obstacle.  BUT, what I said I was going to do was work on that project for 2 hours and I did that, so yay.  a little perfectionism creeping in, causing me to feel bad even though I did what I said would do.  Food for thought.  N E way, on to Project G for the remainder of the afternoon.   I only have about 45 minutes left, as I am still committed to leaving on time, even though I came in late.   Hey I should really leave early to make up for coming in late, eh?

Update 5:36 did all the work tasks on my list, leaving only 6 minutes late.  Now just to make it home, eat dinner, and do the dishes, and the rest of the evening is free.   No classes at the gym in the morning so I'll decide whether to swim or do something else in the morning and I can get dressed then for whatever I feel like doing.  <waves>  

Jo

'I'm going to put a smile on my face, put forth a good effort, and be better today than I was yesterday.' - Huma

Hi, folks. Thanks to those who described challenging days yesterday. I had one myself. But, that was then. This is now. Onward:

EARLY MORNING PREP

• Get up before 7, coffee, breakfast, paper, water plant (1 hour)
• checkins (30 mins)

MORNING

• Query (1 hr)
• Add 10 to CP db (1 hr) (out of time after 6)
• Call 2 re: safekey (1 hr)

AFTERNOON

• Deliver meals (2 hours)
• Do 3 on CIO (3 hrs) (finished one, started two)

EVENING

• Dinner w/Kids (3.5 hrs)
• Install GFI (1 hr)
• Read, relax (1 hr)
• Bed by 11 p.m 15 minutes late

That adds up to 15 hours, which sounds tight to me. However, those are large chunks of time, averaging about 1.5 hours,, so I have some built-in slop. I'd like to work in a walk or short run. We'll see how it goes. Hope all are well and getting better. Scribbler

Checkout: Didn't get any exercise in, didn't get my chore done and didn't get as much done on CIO or safekey as planned. It's a good idea not to over-scheduled, becuase the postiive jolt from checking everything off can easily carry into the next day and provide excellent motivation. I'll try to do it smarter tomorrow.  Now I'm 15 minutes late for bed. 'Night all. Scribbler.

Didn't get nearly as far yesterday as I had hoped. Ran into quite a few snags in what I thought would be easy tasks. Also didn't get to personal/home tasks last night as I was laying on the floor nursing my back to prevent a full blown back issue.  I think it helped and it was fun to do nothing but read all evening.  But I have a bunch of things to get done tonight.  Anywho, that was yesterday...this is today.

- review article
- type up notes from Fri
- reverse files in old cabinet
- finalize cash flow report
- create invoices

- enter tax Id into QB
   
If time:
- migrate more pages

Started the day off pretty well today compared to usual.

Shower

Breakfast and coffee

Finish detailing slides for Proj 2

Send over to client 2

Thumbnails for client 1

Contact client 1 to talk about timing

Mail 

Email correspondence

Fax names to WE Baum