Ten Things I Keep Putting Off
1. Cleaning the refrigerator. I wipe it down and take out the stuff that has been in there for a while, but I need to give it a good washing. Maybe after we get back from vacation.
2. Mending. Anything that needs mending goes in the mending pile. And disappears for months. Any kid things in the mending pile are usually grown out of before I get them fixed. So I don't like pulling my sewing machine out for just one or two things. Want to make something of it?
3. Calling the hotel to let them know we will be arriving late. We are driving 14 hours to California in one day. I need to call the hotel and let them know we will be getting there late in the evening or else we will lose our reservation. I have another week or two, I'll do it later.
4. Any other phone calls. I don't like using the phone. I need to call the dentist and set up some appointments. I need to call my son's school and tell them he will be gone for a week. I need to call Megan and tell her to come visit us before she leaves for Canada. It is getting late today, I will do it tomorrow. Actually, Megan, if you read this, why don't you come over and visit before you leave. Thanks.
5. History. It isn't that I don't like history, I just am busy and it takes a while. We are supposed to do history 3 times a week. It usually gets done once. Oh well, maybe next year I'll do better.
6. Baking bread. If I don't start the bread in the morning when I get up then forget it. It throws off my whole schedule and I have to wait until tomorrow. Really, I do.
7. Working on my cross stitch project. I worked on it a little, I really did. But then I put it away again. Stitching in the car is awkward. The word awkward is awkward. Awkward. Isn't it funny how some words just fit? Awkward looks awkward, it is awkward to type, and it is spelled awkwardly. Hmm, oh look, I have run out of time to work on my cross stitch again. I'll do it later.
8. Garage sale/free cycle/Goodwill. I don't care which one anymore. I just want to get rid of some stuff. Tomorrow, when I have more time. Heh.
9. What to make for dinner. Of course I have to mention dinner. I will take every opportunity to complain about it. I usually put off thinking about dinner until at least 3pm. If I could get away with it I would wait until later than 3, but with gymnastics and soccer and picking up my oldest son I have to start dinner early or NOT AT ALL. That would be my choice. Kids don't need to eat do they? At least not every night. Maybe things would go better if we only had dinner every other night. I thought ahead today and put a pork roast in the crock pot. Yay me!
10. Looking for lost stuff. I don't look for it, I just say I can't find it. Where are my keys? I don't know, I can't find them. (Now if I was one of my kids the next question would be Did you look for it?, but I'm not, so I can get away with not looking.) The problem is that once I start looking for something I CAN'T STOP. I get obsessed with finding it. I will look in places that it couldn't possibly be, like in the plant on top of the tv cabinet. I will try to stop looking and then find myself looking again. So I just put it off. Several months ago 4 of our memory cards for the Playstation came up missing. Gone. I tore the house apart, looking in all the unlikely places. No memory cards. New memory cards for Christmas. Turns out I should have looked in my oldest daughter's riding boot(1), in the drawer under the stove(1), and under the mattress in the playpen(2). Maybe next time.
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