Rewriting instead of doing. Sigh.

[llcoolvad]

I only have three days left to hit my TO DO goal of 85% complete before vacation. This weekend I realized that a few things would pretty much drag me down. So I decided to spend a little quality procrastinating time reorganizing my priorities. I figure a short-term and long-term list will do the trick, with the short term stuff due before vacation, and the long term stuff due before October (which I just pulled randomly out of my ass). As long as I'm making progress toward the long-term tasks every week then I'm meeting my goal. I decided that if something would take longer than four or five hours to complete it would fall under long-term project (except all my paper sorting, because I want that done and over with already regardless of how long it takes, and except for the longer projects that I somehow already did). Italics indicate in process. 

The Long-Term TO DO:

• Work on images database, since it's been pending for a really long time
• Move mom's files off old computer onto new
• Switch around equipment to give mom better DVD player in her room
• Finish magazines and recycle 
• Enter all books, including ones in storage, into LibraryThing account by bringing laptop to unit, record ISBNs into already-existing book spreadsheet, can then enter those into LT at home
• Read all books hanging around unread & write all reviews
• Find tapes, and then watch the rest of Deadwood from last season
• Watch entire season of The Riches that have on iPod
• Watch all of Dead Like Me season 1and then return to Nicole
• Post all remaining pictures on Flickr (only about a year behind!)
• Add Amazon links to greenstreetbks reviewed titles? Maybe B&N or Powells?
• Take more pictures; more experimental, less cats
• Go mattress shopping, maybe buy
• Look at cars, but probably don't buy
• Look for second job? Maybe library job. Not teaching next semester, should do something with time

The Short-Term TO DO (green indicates category complete):

Work

• Get rollout of T-C project accomplished ASAP! It's totally ready, just hit "SEND" for god's sake. (i hit send!)
• Finish writing table training materials; send a copy to Euro guy (done & sent to euro guy)
• Finish template project, get everything ready to roll out to company
• Get training sessions for T-C project scheduled (done)

Home (general)

• Wash all floors (hallway & kitchen done)
• Wash all curtains throughout house
• Organize kitchen a little better (done)
• Organize pantry a lot better
• Clean out fridge again (sigh)
• Clean out freezer
• Thorough bathroom cleaning 
• Wash couch slipcovers and pillow covers; vacuum all three couches totally (done)
• Put bookcases back into hallway, be sure to wash bookcases thoroughly and dust/vacuum all books
• Dust and vacuum living room
• While putting books back in bookcase, weed collection! Convince mother it's ok to recycle old tech manuals because NO ONE WANTS THEM!! 
• Also tackle other bookcase that has tech manuals. Silently curse father for buying so many damned tech manuals

Home (me specifically)

• Clear off desk (it's really ridiculous) (It's finally done!)
• Find a home for all stray computer parts (hard drives, cards, cords, power bricks, etc.)
• Go thru large boxes of papers, throw out / shred a lot
• Sort the rest including filing cabinet (7/19 started! 7/25, more progress, 7/30 most progress yet!)
• Put into new, organized boxes of papers & emptier filing cabinet
• Trip to storage: Drop off CDs, boxes of papers, and start book LT stuff
• Organize my computer files between the two computers and three external hard drives (eep)
• Get floor lamp for couch area (found a nice one in basement, cleaned, put in fluourescent bulb; am now contemplating rewiring and replacing socket and getting new lampshade.)
• Clean out cosmetics bureau
• Update DVD, CD, and MP3 spreadsheets; book spreadsheet already done (all done, yay! even updated wishlist)
• Rip all unripped cds to mp3s
• Clean up mp3 files so they display nicely in pod; also get artwork for every song/CD
• Create list of concerts attended based on stubs in box

Entertainment

• See Die Hard
• See Potter
• See other movies, pref. not written for 14-year-olds (saw The Simpsons, A History of Violence, Casino Royale, An Inconvenient Truth, Sicko, Bourne Ultimatum, Stardust (awesome!) and Sunshine (awesomer!))
• Watch, and then return three one Netflix movie
• Buy new Potter, read immediately!
• Watch rest of last season of Lost & delete off Tivo (done! and so good!)
• Speaking of TiVo, buy new one while deal still on! Which means THIS WEEK!  (It's here! It's here! Shiny!)
• Give Gaiman movies back to Dave
• Watch the rest of The Wire from last season (6 down, 7 to go) (this is the best show on television!)

Creativity

• Open another photo account for posting to LJ, leave Flickr for better pix, other account for silly/list type things

Other

• Renew passport (form obtained and filled out, old passport located, pictures taken, check written, just waiting on paycheck Friday to mail (so check doesn't bounce!), so this puppy's done)
• Stop forgetting Jenn's present, dumb-ass! (purchased!)
• Figure out another week to take off from work. Only used 2.5 so far, still have 3.5 weeks left!

Health

• Make doctor's appointment; remind him of who I am, since it's been so long; endure his patient bland lecturing (set for Sept 10)
• Start taking new meds after visit doctor
• Get Rx filled
• Join gym
• Hahahahahaha!
• Finish reading BCBS materials

Pets

• Make appointment for Harry for checkup (sched for mon aug 6)
• Take Harry to vet
• Refill Harry's Rx
• Get all Harry's new RX; cut pills down

Totals:
Short-term:  51 items listed, 82% done
Long-term:   15 items listed, 60% in process

Arg!! No matter how I slice it, I need to get busy!! Time is tick-tick-ticking. I want to have a shiny task-free vacation!

EDITED 8/17: Oh well, got to 82%. I can live with that, though. VACATION!