This Week's The Grand Essential To-Do

• Do laundry (ASAP)
• Final Edits/Bibliography tweaking on Prospectus (By Tuesday 5 PM)
• Post lecture notes (today)
• Finish PITF application (today)
• Submit Final Exam question proposals (today)
  
• GWF final report (today)
• Find and book a moving company (by Friday?)
• Finish grading for Extension school (by Thursday)
• Write Extension School Final (by next Thursday)
• Car for 5/21-24 (ASAP)
  
• Hotel for 7/18 in Marion, MA (ASAP)
  
• Hotel for 8/20-23 in Tiverton, RI (ASAP)
  
• Change addresses on everything (5/15)
  

For my reference: Grand plans

This will likely not be entertaining to any of you, so feel free to skip right over it.

Monday 4.20
4-5 PM: do a little reading/writing on prospectus
5-6:30ish PM: Faculty dinner at Annenberg
Evening: clean the house and chill

Tuesday 4.21
8 AM (latest): Up and at 'em, breakfast, shower
9 - 12 PM: Read Sloterdijk and write about him
12 PM: head to campus
1 - 2 PM: Childhood Lecture
2 - 4 PM: Prospectus (Read and write about Bachelard)
4 - 5:15 PM: Childhood Staff Meeting
5:15 - 6:45 PM: Graduate Writing Fellows
6:45 PM: Home, chill

Wednesday 4.22
8 AM (latest): Up and at 'em, breakfast, shower
9 - 11 AM: Revisit Prospectus draft, add/delete material
11 AM: Head to campus, lunch, date with Danny
4 - 6 PM: Continue prospecting
Evening: Chill

Thursday 4.23
8 AM (latest): Up and at 'em, breakfast, shower
9 - 11 AM: Plan for Childhood section
11 AM: Head to campus, lunch
1 - 2 PM: Childhood Lecture
2 - 3:30 PM: Prepare for Extension School
3:30 - 5:15 PM: Continue tinkering on Prospectus
5:15 - 7:30 PM: Extension School
7:30 PM: Home

Friday 4.24
6:55 AM: Up and at 'em, head to campus, breakfast
8:30 - 10 AM: Prepare for section
10 - 11 AM: Childhood Section #1
11 AM - 1 PM: Lunch, chill
1 -2 PM: Childhood Section #2
2 PM: Home, chill
Evening: something fun?

To Do before 12/19

It's the lead-up to going home for Christmas and the Wedding! Crunch time to-do list (in no particular order):

1. Get on top of grading a little bit
2. Read for meeting on Wednesday
3. Pull together Wedding accessories
4. Get together Christmas presents
5. Finish shopping for Christmas presents
6. Underwear shopping
7. Return stuff to Gap
8. Pack: don't forget DF's shirt and tie, cameras, batteries, wedding accessories
   
9. Fill out paperwork at the Core office (12/15)
10. Pay bills/rent
11. Buy Guest Book
    

It's my birfday.

I looked back at the blogs in search of something interesting I wrote on my birthdays past, but apparently I'm not very inspired on my birthday. I'm a great proponent of New Years' posts, though. This is what I found.

2007: a Boring meme
2006: the same Boring meme
2005: nothing inspiring

Huh. I thought I had posted resolutions before...

Anyway, I'm posting new-birth-year resolutions, since I've decided in recent years that January 1 is kind of arbitrary and generally disappointing. Please bear in mind that this list reflects a small measure of anticipatory holiday funk-ness and the attending need for cheer.

1. I'm smart, so I'm going to start doing smart work more smartly.
2. I have friends, so I'm going to see my friends more often and keep in touch with the ones who aren't handy.
3. I actually have it pretty good, so I'm going to be a little more aware of that and thankful for it.
4. Short-term: I will enjoy the rest of the wedding planning a lot and I will also enjoy my wedding.
   
5. I will attempt to be healthier.
6. I will attempt to be happier.
7. I will read for pleasure regularly.
8. I will do things other than go to work and watch TV.
9. I will cook more interesting things.
10. I will be creative.

That's the short list, anyway.

Happy birthday me. Now back to grading tests.

To-Do 24.11-26.11

• Make Vet Appointment for Lucy (for Tuesday or Wednesday) Tuesday at 4
  
Look into haircut for Lucy Tuesday at 10:30

• Call for cab on Thursday at 4 AM
• Get together NOAs for travelling purposes
• Buy/Mail that thing I have to mail
• Read Appleton
• Grade
• Pack for home (clothes to wear, outfit for shower on Saturday, Dan's wedding clothes, Lucy things, book to read, Wedding stuff)
• Talk to parents about wedding stuff: photography, music, embroidery stuff
• Clean out fridge
• A little laundry -Not going to happen.
  
• Dinner with K: tonight at 6
• Dinner with Emi: Wednesday at 4
  
• CVS run: band-aids, cotton balls, lip stuff, etc.
• Start Christmas list
• Start Christmas shopping

More news

Delinquent blogging leads me to need to do another news digest with previews of coming attractions. In no particular order.

1. The new semester starts tomorrow.
2. In order to make it to campus in time to organize myself, I have to leave my house by about 7:45 AM. EVERY DAY. Does. Not. Compute.
3. We finally filed for Dan's Green Card. Thus commences the waiting game. No, we still haven't seen the movie.
4. Dan starts work tomorrow!
5. In August, I baked Franzbrötchen!
6. Last week sometime I baked chocolate rolls.
7. I also cooked the inaugural Butternut Squash of the season.
8. We have Besuch from Deutschland!
9. My work status currently SUCKS. But will be okay.
10. We got pluots in our Boston Organics box this week! What the hell are those!?
11. I learned the German word for quince. Quitte.
    

Pre-Dan grooming, etc.

1. Appointment at Carriage House (next Tuesday, 12:00 p.m.)
   
2. Appointment at Gino
3. Mani/Pedi
4. Eye Appointment (next Monday, 1:20 p.m.)
5. Appointment for foot X-ray
6. Appointment for physical therapy
   

To-Do

I make Dan do this all the time, so I may as well. Things to do before he gets here.

1. Obviously, work.
2. Buy wedding lingirie. Go to Lady Grace and/or Intimacy.
3. Buy wedding shoes.
4. Buy dress/outfit for civil ceremony.
5. Buy sandals.
6. Figure out Adjustment of Status and Social Security Number paperwork.
7. Get plane tickets for August.
8. Get the apartment sorted a little better.
9. Stop being a pathetic sap.