things done, things to do
Sep. 10th, 2018 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingCollege stuff: I'm a day ahead on my Spanish exercises for the moment, which is good, and I have done this week's two quizzes. I have also done this week's reading, discussion, and quiz for my Government class, but Prof. R just posted a new video link that I need to watch tomorrow. Homework is like laundry or dishes; new stuff piles up as fast as you clear out the old.
I also need to email Prof. G and Prof. R and ask them to fill out a progress evaluation that I can forward to my advisor, with whom I will finally have a phone appointment on Tuesday the 18th.
-----
Not the IRS stuff: I did the instructor/course evaluations for my two online classes, but I still haven't had a chance to do the practice exercises or the exams. I'm hoping that if I leave NJ early enough on Wednesday, I will be able to get back to Ithaca before the valley office closes and finish at least one of those classes. If not, well, there's always the next week.
-----
Rental Office stuff: We are deep in the throes of renewals and switches, and prepping for opening day on Thursday. I could have gotten some overtime Tuesday afternoon, but alas, I will be in NJ so that is not an option. I'm supposed to clock in by 8:30am on Thursday, so we can open promptly at 9am or even a little before.
I also need to deposit my bonus checks (full building, full parking, in-lieu-of-your-annual-raise-since-you-already-got-that-in-June) tomorrow morning before I leave town.
-----
Family and Friends: I am driving down to NJ tomorrow morning because the USPS only does mail stops for 30 days, and my parents' vacation is scheduled to run more like 40 days. So they've un-stopped the mail for tomorrow, and will re-stop it on Wednesday or Thursday. In the meantime, I get to sort through the backlog and package anything important to send on to Minnesota. (I also get to take shameless advantage of their washer and dryer, mwahahahaha!)
Susan and I have evening plans which start with dinner at a local sushi place and may then progress to bowling if we feel so inspired, since the bowling alley is practically next door to the restaurant. If we do not feel so inspired, well, there's always Netflix. *wry*
-----
Health stuff: I continued to feel kind of shaky and unsettled through the night and morning, with occasional bouts of disregulated internal temperature, but the ondansetron kept it to merely rumbles and gurgles and I hit the aches and fever/chills with ibuprofen and acetaminophen, respectively, so that was all right. I'm still heading to bed quite soon, since I remain very tired and would like to not fall asleep on the highway tomorrow.
-----
Writing stuff: I finished and posted my remix yesterday. I want to go back and edit it a bit more, but it's a perfectly functional story as it stands, so whatever. Now I get to refocus back onto the hopelessly shapeless mess that is theoretically my NFE fic. *sigh* I know I have the bones of a good story in there somewhere. It's just a question of finding the right spot to excavate.
-----
Miscellaneous: It has been raining. all. goddamn. day. On the one hand, the sound of rain on leaves and roofs is very soothing. On the other hand, ye gods and little fishes, could the sky let up for a minute and let us breathe?!
Also, after work today I detoured before heading home and picked up another Great Courses CD set from the library. It's not one of the ones I really truly most deeply wanted to listen to, but those were either checked out or at other libraries and would not have arrived in Ithaca in time for my trip tomorrow. So after I finish my overview of Chinese history, it's on to the Italian Renaissance, instead of the history of food or analyses of ancient battles. *hands* Maybe I will have time to get one of those other options for my travels at Thanksgiving and/or Christmas.
I also need to email Prof. G and Prof. R and ask them to fill out a progress evaluation that I can forward to my advisor, with whom I will finally have a phone appointment on Tuesday the 18th.
-----
Not the IRS stuff: I did the instructor/course evaluations for my two online classes, but I still haven't had a chance to do the practice exercises or the exams. I'm hoping that if I leave NJ early enough on Wednesday, I will be able to get back to Ithaca before the valley office closes and finish at least one of those classes. If not, well, there's always the next week.
-----
Rental Office stuff: We are deep in the throes of renewals and switches, and prepping for opening day on Thursday. I could have gotten some overtime Tuesday afternoon, but alas, I will be in NJ so that is not an option. I'm supposed to clock in by 8:30am on Thursday, so we can open promptly at 9am or even a little before.
I also need to deposit my bonus checks (full building, full parking, in-lieu-of-your-annual-raise-since-you-already-got-that-in-June) tomorrow morning before I leave town.
-----
Family and Friends: I am driving down to NJ tomorrow morning because the USPS only does mail stops for 30 days, and my parents' vacation is scheduled to run more like 40 days. So they've un-stopped the mail for tomorrow, and will re-stop it on Wednesday or Thursday. In the meantime, I get to sort through the backlog and package anything important to send on to Minnesota. (I also get to take shameless advantage of their washer and dryer, mwahahahaha!)
Susan and I have evening plans which start with dinner at a local sushi place and may then progress to bowling if we feel so inspired, since the bowling alley is practically next door to the restaurant. If we do not feel so inspired, well, there's always Netflix. *wry*
-----
Health stuff: I continued to feel kind of shaky and unsettled through the night and morning, with occasional bouts of disregulated internal temperature, but the ondansetron kept it to merely rumbles and gurgles and I hit the aches and fever/chills with ibuprofen and acetaminophen, respectively, so that was all right. I'm still heading to bed quite soon, since I remain very tired and would like to not fall asleep on the highway tomorrow.
-----
Writing stuff: I finished and posted my remix yesterday. I want to go back and edit it a bit more, but it's a perfectly functional story as it stands, so whatever. Now I get to refocus back onto the hopelessly shapeless mess that is theoretically my NFE fic. *sigh* I know I have the bones of a good story in there somewhere. It's just a question of finding the right spot to excavate.
-----
Miscellaneous: It has been raining. all. goddamn. day. On the one hand, the sound of rain on leaves and roofs is very soothing. On the other hand, ye gods and little fishes, could the sky let up for a minute and let us breathe?!
Also, after work today I detoured before heading home and picked up another Great Courses CD set from the library. It's not one of the ones I really truly most deeply wanted to listen to, but those were either checked out or at other libraries and would not have arrived in Ithaca in time for my trip tomorrow. So after I finish my overview of Chinese history, it's on to the Italian Renaissance, instead of the history of food or analyses of ancient battles. *hands* Maybe I will have time to get one of those other options for my travels at Thanksgiving and/or Christmas.
