While pulling the covers over my head is an attractive thought, the sad reality is that in order for it to be effective, it needs to be done with a clear conscience and no to-do list hanging over one's head.
To that end, I'm trying valiantly to finish up the myriad small things cluttering up my desk. If people would stop sending me new stuff, that task would be much, much easier. As it is, I've utterly given up working on my big project this week. Come Monday, I can arrive earlier than my norm, shut my office door and ignore both phone and email, to work solely on my own work. The only glitch in that plan may come from the need for bathroom breaks; any trip to the restroom requires that I walk through the entire office, thus making myself a target for interruptions. Maybe I'll skip my morning coffee.
In a less than five minute time frame, I've called Walgreens to inquire if they can transfer 35 mm negatives to a picture disk (they can), We Energies to increase my budget payment (they will happily take more of my money) and Papa Murphy's to place the pizza order for tonight (I'm thinking it may take two trips to get them into the house). As a bonus, the utility offered to send me a free winterizing kit - enough supplies to put plastic on five windows, plus the foam fillers for behind electrical outlets that are on outside walls - and the free copy of their annual Christmas Cookie cookbook.
Now to make the rounds and offload some more of the paper that mysteriously appears in my office. When paper breeds, it does so exponentially, it seems.
At least, having the house already clean for company (including the sewing room!) means minimal pre-hibernation preparation at home. The fine china for tonight is all non-ecosystem friendly, inorganic plastic and foam. I'm a class act, aren't I? If I work it right, the only dishes to wash afterward will be a couple of pizza cutters and the coffeepot.
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