OK So Vacation
Tonight marks the start of a week’s vacation for me. Not going anywhere because… well there’s nowhere in driving distance that I want to go, and I didn’t want to dip into my savings to fly somewhere. And I relish the thought of a week to myself to do whatever I want and swan around the house in my bathrobe if I am so inclined. Except of course tonight, when I should be all filled with giddy anticipation I am instead forlorn. Because it’s my damn contrary nature to be. *eyeroll*
When I have to work I fantasize about not having to, and when I have time off I start stressing about getting depressed because I am not keeping busy! Or reverting to full-on sloth or something, and being unable to return to work later due to my dagger-like claws (which are quite good for hanging in trees with, however)
Anyway, my plan to avoid this fate (depression, not sloth) is that I am going to make a list of things I want to accomplish, so at the end of the time I don’t feel like I have wasted it. So, I want to:
- Buy an indoor/outdoor rug for my balcony so I don’t have to walk on hot tar paper this summer (cost = $67 from Home Despot) It was only $15.98!
- Buy dirt and flowers and herbs to plant on said balcony (cost hopefully = $0 due to strategic shopping trip with maternal unit)
- Plant some nice viney fast growing things out there, so the Republicans can’t see me if I want to go out and read or something
- Do at least 5 tutorials in Hexagon and learn more about how it works
- Watch the director’s cut of “Return of the King” (I’ve been saving it)
- ,Finish the last book in the “His Dark Materials” series
- Read “The Selfish Gene” and that Noam Chomsky “Failed State” book.
- Get a recliner for the balcony. See if Mom wants to go shopping again.
- Get a shelf for my bedroom and finally make some order of the design books I’ve been piling haphazardly.
- Find a copy of “The Chronic” used somewhere in town, since it’s not available on iTunes. Grrr.
- See “X-Men 3″
- Make serious progress on my graphic novel. Three pages per year is not an acceptable output level.
- Take Bruiser to vet for annual checkup & shots
- Go to gyno for fun yearly stirrups-fest.
- Write very nasty letter to Epson and demand refund for wasted ink cartridges.
- Do some freelance work to get some money in the coffers.
- Go to YMCA and sign up for summer water aerobics and try to meet Pilates instructor to see if I like him/her.
- Try to find out if I want to take that art class at COCA or that Artist’s Guild place.
- Break in new camera, and order new mini tripod to replace broken mini-tripod.
- Update my online gallery, make new Flash version.
- Do up the t-shirt designs that have been rattleing around in my head.
- Go to the Zoo or the Art Museum.
OK, for now that’s it, but already I am feeling better! As long as I have goals, you know? Of course there will be much laying about time in there as well. And showering and stuff.
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