Tuesday, September 3rd
Sep. 3rd, 2013 09:20 amThe Daily Report
Man, it has been a weird couple of weeks.
Right now we're in a break in the heatwave, and I've taken the opportunity to retreat back to the attic so I can get some actual progress on the moving stuff before the heat returns--really hopefully for the last time in full force--this weekend. Today's Tuesday, which would normally be my "light writing/other stuff day", but from here on out, "other stuff" means packing and packing-related activities, as long as the weather allows.
The weather very much does allow this morning. The first thing I'm doing is taking the largest storage tubs that are already packed and organized and moving them to the space at the foot of my attic stairs. This gives me a handy little jolt of psychological progress (very important when one has a monumentally large task to undertake) and also gives me room to work in up here and a more realistic idea of how much work there is.
Some of the largest tubs are things that became catch-alls during the frantic final days of fleeing from the apartment, but others are well-packed and well-organized. Since I don't have to do anything else with them except moving them, it makes sense to just get them out of the way now.
Right now, I'm thinking that as long as the worst of the heat is actually behind us (or will be, after next Monday) then I can stay completely on top of the moving stuff just by doing it every Tuesday and Thursday of this month, which means Monday, Wednesday, and Friday can be given over to writing. I have the weekend to give me wiggle room in both categories.
The State of the Me
My first night back sleeping in my own place in weeks and of course the sleep ended up being pretty terrible... fragmented and shallow. But it's a sign of how well I've been sleeping in general and how accustomed my body is to me being up at eight or so in the morning that I woke up at eight or so this morning.
Plans For Today
See above. This afternoon is going to definitely get too hot for attic-related activity (or attic-tivity, if you will). I'm not yet sure what I'm going to do with it. The downstairs was completely re-arranged while I was away (this happens a lot) and my downstairs workstation is going to take more getting back in order than usual, though there are also more places I can sit with a laptop now. I kind of want to get on the desktop because I haven't in weeks, but it'll depend on what I'm up for, physically, whether I do or not, and that'll decide in part what I spend my afternoon doing.
Man, it has been a weird couple of weeks.
Right now we're in a break in the heatwave, and I've taken the opportunity to retreat back to the attic so I can get some actual progress on the moving stuff before the heat returns--really hopefully for the last time in full force--this weekend. Today's Tuesday, which would normally be my "light writing/other stuff day", but from here on out, "other stuff" means packing and packing-related activities, as long as the weather allows.
The weather very much does allow this morning. The first thing I'm doing is taking the largest storage tubs that are already packed and organized and moving them to the space at the foot of my attic stairs. This gives me a handy little jolt of psychological progress (very important when one has a monumentally large task to undertake) and also gives me room to work in up here and a more realistic idea of how much work there is.
Some of the largest tubs are things that became catch-alls during the frantic final days of fleeing from the apartment, but others are well-packed and well-organized. Since I don't have to do anything else with them except moving them, it makes sense to just get them out of the way now.
Right now, I'm thinking that as long as the worst of the heat is actually behind us (or will be, after next Monday) then I can stay completely on top of the moving stuff just by doing it every Tuesday and Thursday of this month, which means Monday, Wednesday, and Friday can be given over to writing. I have the weekend to give me wiggle room in both categories.
The State of the Me
My first night back sleeping in my own place in weeks and of course the sleep ended up being pretty terrible... fragmented and shallow. But it's a sign of how well I've been sleeping in general and how accustomed my body is to me being up at eight or so in the morning that I woke up at eight or so this morning.
Plans For Today
See above. This afternoon is going to definitely get too hot for attic-related activity (or attic-tivity, if you will). I'm not yet sure what I'm going to do with it. The downstairs was completely re-arranged while I was away (this happens a lot) and my downstairs workstation is going to take more getting back in order than usual, though there are also more places I can sit with a laptop now. I kind of want to get on the desktop because I haven't in weeks, but it'll depend on what I'm up for, physically, whether I do or not, and that'll decide in part what I spend my afternoon doing.