General: March 2006 Archives

Other than neglecting friends less and sleeping a little more than I would normally, today saw none of my to-do items get done. Some big family-related stress derailed the day early on. On the plus side, I did get to see my family today, and I did some things that aren't officially on my list that are nevertheless nice: six rows on the blanket I'm crocheting, the living room tidied, and a scene wrapped up on the MU* I play on. Downside, I now have a headache.

I'm going to bed now, after I take some Aleve. Some days don't really ever pick up.

I'll be crossing stuff off as I get it done. I have... nine days, and a total of eighteen items. I think I can do all of what I have to do, and a good deal of what I want to do, so yay!. First, the have-to-do's, in order of have-to-do-it-ness:

• HOMEWORK: Write up four labs. Three of them were technically due last week, but they're really lenient about due dates for these.


• TEACHING: Grade labs - four classes worth.


• HOMEWORK: Optics, due 3/22.


• HOMEWORK: Math Methods, due 3/24.


• HOUSE STUFF: Fridge overhaul. Remove anything expired, green (as in, moldy) or unidentifiable.


• HOMEWORK: Decide on a topic for my Optics term paper.


• HOMEWORK: Start working on my Economics honors paper. Due 4/24, but I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm going to get less and less time to write stuff like this as the semester progresses, rather than more.

• PERSONAL: Neglect friends less. (You know who you are.) (Not that this can really be crossed off as "done", but I'm making good progress. It's not a particularly well-defined task or goal.)


• PERSONAL: Work on the Protest Signs project. (Bought supplies and started on slogans for this. I'm satisfied that I can work on this in small spurts while in school, with this much out of the way.)


• PERSONAL: Read Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time". (Review forthcoming.)


• PERSONAL: Newestart design.


• PERSONAL: Talk to Eric about photography for Mythos.


• PERSONAL: Writing-foo.


• HOUSE STUFF: Plan garden. Begin execution. (Sunday. Mom's coming over to lend her gardening brain.)


• PERSONAL: Start reading Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia". (Nozick's smart. I believe this may mark the first time I've gotten a book from a professor that I enjoyed. I'm working on the second chapter now, which is enough momentum to keep me going, I think.)


• PERSONAL: Braindump at Sam about OpenNotes.


• PERSONAL: Braindump at Tyler about Guilt.


• PERSONAL: Sleep. Sleep as much as the rest will allow. (Sleep GOOD!)

Before spring break:

• Optics homework.


• Ben concert.


• Try to get labs graded. (Partly done.)


• Try to get labs written up. (Started.)


• Maple homework.

• Grade labs. Lots of them. Assuming, that is, that I didn't get this done before break.


• Get a head start on Math Methods homework.


• Decide on a topic for my Optics term paper.


• Start working on my Economics honors paper.


• Write up my labs. Also assuming not already done.


• Work on the Protest Signs project.


• Plan garden. Begin execution.


• Read Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time".


• Start reading Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia".


• Braindump at Sam about OpenNotes.


• Braindump at Tyler about Guilt.


• Sleep. Sleep as much as the rest will allow.