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April 1, 2004

Panic! Panic! Panic!

We've known about this trip to England for weeks. So why am I just finishing laundry now, less than twelve hours before we have to report to the security people for our obligatory Ayse-is-one-of-them-ay-rab-names extensive "random" search?

Because I'm a lousy planner, that's why.

I can work out detailed plans for art projects and programming projects, plan weekly newpaper pages for months in advance in my head, but getting my act together enough to have all the laundry done, folded, and ready to be packed for a trip is beyond me. I spent several hours this afternoon doing things like stacking Noel's empty boxes in one pile (instead of all over the house) and thinking, "I should really put that load of laundry in the washer" every few minutes. So why did I not do it?

On the other hand, I did an enormous number of other errands in the last few days (not everything I needed to do, but most things). I bought various things requested by friends in the UK (such as Thomas the Tank Engine toys), plus some gifts not requested. I cast a dozen objects from the molds I've made. I sprayed Roundup all over the weeds in the yard. I weeded three buckets full of weeds. I checked out the possibilities for laptops at the Apple store (decision: 17" Powerbook is much larger than I want a laptop computer to be; 15" is perfectly fine). I finished requesting all my transcripts for Calpoly, and preparing for my portfolio review (including reserving a room). I bought magazines to read on the plane. I brought back my library books on time. I brought copies of my transcripts to City College so they could perform a weird but valuable service known as "transcript review" that tells Calpoly whether I have taken enough distribution classes to be General Education certified. I studied for and took a calculus midterm. I developed 2 rolls of film and 25 images from those rolls of film. I bought a new bag of dog food so Rosie had enough food for dog camp. I started a new hobby (silkscreening). I read four web pages about blungers. I worked out a method for making molds of molds so I can have nice casting molds forever.

I've been a busy person over the last three days. But I still haven't managed to get the laundry done or pick up the dry cleaning (which has been ready and waiting for like two weeks now, if not longer). And it's after 11pm and we still haven't even started packing.

Posted by ayse on 04/01/04 at 11:11 PM