the most recent 24 hours of my present have looked something like this:
7:30am - draw today's NaBloPoMo topic.
8 - remember i hadn't put my clothes in the dryer; rectify the situation.
8:30 - take a shower.
9 - retrieve freshly dried clothes from dryer; proceed to get ready for work.
9:30 - stop at the wal for paper plates.
10 - arrive at the office.
10:30 - fill in spreadsheet with final auction bids.
11 - avoid my to-do list by re-counting the auction money.
11:30 - decide i should make a to-do list for at home.
12pm - sing happy birthday to a co-worker after failing to duck out before the song organizer saw me.
12:30 - enjoy some delicious white castles for lunch.
1 - restart my computer, hoping i haven't just been fired as my password has stopped working.
1:30 - realize i have a 2pm meeting.
2 - chat with co-workers about signage for the new year's day event.
2:30 - chatting about ny event turns to chatting about spring events.
3 - stop dragging out meeting unnecessarily; return to my desk.
3:30 - discuss possible Christmas ideas with april over e-mail.
4 - start re-writing my work to-do list to see what i need to accomplish before leaving.
4:30 - purchase bottle of caffeinated beverage from soda machine.
5 - make first & second attempts at printing rack cards; fail un-understandably.
5:30 - chat with april before she leaves; discuss more Christmas ideas.
6 - make third & forth attempts at printing rack cards; encounter more frustration.
6:30 - realize the paper was cut to the wrong size; chuckle & roll eyes.
7 - begin cutting vegetables for dinner.
7:30 - realize that clove of garlic was larger than it needed to be for the pasta salad.
8 - peruse the basement for Christmas card bits & pieces.
8:30 - start watching documentary on helvetica.
9 - wish documentary was shorter.
9:30 - happily miss part of documentary to retrieve missed pieces from basement.
10 - call it quits on the Christmas card making for the night.
10:30 - catch up on other NaBloPoMo blogs.
11 - type what i'm doing into a blog post about the present.
11:30 - enjoy oreos while starting season 8 of friends, again.
12am - try another idea for the Christmas cards.
12:30 - write note reminding self that today is garbage day; head to bed.
1 - lie awake as I Feel Fantastic runs through my head.
1:30 - sleep.
2 - sleep.
2:30 - toss & turn.
3 - dream about garlic, with helvetican subtitles.
3:30 - sleep.
4 - sleep.
4:30 - wake up suddenly for no apparent reason.
5 - sleep.
5:30 - sleep.
6 - sleep.
6:30 - start snoozing my alarm repeatedly.
7 - dream about chocolate chip cookies in nine minute intervals.
7:30 - post about the present; draw a topic for tomorrow.
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