the present

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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