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Aug. 13th, 2007 12:05 amIt's about a month till Jewish New Year and I just made my first list of things I have to get done before then.
My first list.
Most years I just have one big one, three weeks before. This year I need to do a giant catch-up so I can do a giant-catch-up so I can make that list. I need to return things I have borrowed (which means finishing with them - or most of them). I need to catch up on all my reviewing (and early enough so that editors don't have to face them on the eve of New Year if they are also Jewish and are also driven to sort themselves out). I need to sort my kitchen out (hah!). I need to sort my novel out (double hah!). I need to write two articles (and my brain can't come up with even one hook). I need to update my webpage (code, aargh!). I need to help with the blog carnival (more code, aargh!!). And that's about it for this week and next, really, apart from my normal activities.
I've done two reviews out of the seven; read five books out of the fourteen; made big inroads into sorting the fridge and small inroads into sorting the pantry. This latter was my excuse for toasting lots of yummy seeds in tamari. By 'lots' I mean 2 kilos. Healthy nibbles, you see, to see me through this period of overwork. Also to feed friends, since obviously my friends won't want to chocolate macadamias I unearthed during the first layer of sorting.
The thing that's missing from my list is my dress for the Conflux banquet. I didn't realise that today was a sewing day. Goodness knows when the costume is going to happen, since it means that both Donna and I have to find time and she has her own costume to make.
My first list.
Most years I just have one big one, three weeks before. This year I need to do a giant catch-up so I can do a giant-catch-up so I can make that list. I need to return things I have borrowed (which means finishing with them - or most of them). I need to catch up on all my reviewing (and early enough so that editors don't have to face them on the eve of New Year if they are also Jewish and are also driven to sort themselves out). I need to sort my kitchen out (hah!). I need to sort my novel out (double hah!). I need to write two articles (and my brain can't come up with even one hook). I need to update my webpage (code, aargh!). I need to help with the blog carnival (more code, aargh!!). And that's about it for this week and next, really, apart from my normal activities.
I've done two reviews out of the seven; read five books out of the fourteen; made big inroads into sorting the fridge and small inroads into sorting the pantry. This latter was my excuse for toasting lots of yummy seeds in tamari. By 'lots' I mean 2 kilos. Healthy nibbles, you see, to see me through this period of overwork. Also to feed friends, since obviously my friends won't want to chocolate macadamias I unearthed during the first layer of sorting.
The thing that's missing from my list is my dress for the Conflux banquet. I didn't realise that today was a sewing day. Goodness knows when the costume is going to happen, since it means that both Donna and I have to find time and she has her own costume to make.