Day 7/31
February was a really rough month for me. I had my last wisdom tooth extracted at the beginning of the month, and long story short, I had some complications. I feel like I lost the whole month to dentist visits and pain.
Now that the first week of March is almost over and we are going to lose an hour tonight, I am feeling a little overwhelmed and weighed down by things that did not get done in February. Last night I decided to give myself the weekend off from anything that was on my calendar, and take control of these two days instead.
What’s on my list you ask?
- get my taxes completed
- finish my grading – papers and tests
- catch up on laundry
- go through this week’s mail
- outline some new writing projects
- write some thank you notes
- tackle some clutter
- finish overdue birthday pages for my grandkids
- spend some time reading my book club book
Now some of these tasks are more pleasing than others, so I am going to play my usual game – grade a set of tests – read a chapter of my book – go through the mail – read a chapter of my book and so on and so on until I get to cross everything off my list.
I am not delusional; I may not get everything checked off, but it is worth the try. My goal is to get as much that is weighing me down off my shoulders as I possible can and wake up on Monday morning and fly. What will help you to fly?
Rita DiCarne 
It’s the end of our grading period, and I am trying to get grading done that I am behind on! I feel that weight, too. I hope your Monday is much lighter!
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I like your title, you give a different meaning to losing weight. For me, getting papers graded was the biggest weight to lose. Other things felt so much easier when that was done. I do like your idea of interspersing the more enjoyable things on the list with the more onerous ones. (It can take a lot of discipline to get back to grading or cleaning if I stop to read.)
Hope you are fully recovered from your wisdom tooth episode!
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Those lists never seem to end for me. Just when I get three crossed off, I have to add four more. So glad one of those is not hanging out at the dentist…at this point, anyway. Glad you are feeling better.
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I should get back to my list, but I am having too much fun reading slices! I will blog about how much of the list got crossed off by Sunday night!
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Haha! Too true…that list will always be there NEXT weekend!
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“Tackle some clutter” – Isn’t that always on the list? This Saturday afternoon I had to write my post which seems to take exceedingly long, comment on posts, read my book club book, yes, which is due tomorrow, and clean up this living room/dining room/ kitchen area before 2 friends come.
Good luck with your list. And hope you’re feeling all better.
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Dental surgeries are rough; I hope you are feeling better. To do lists definitely help jumpstart the process of relieving the weights of life. I think I might make one myself.
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So sorry for your tooth trouble. You have a good pattern of alternating duty and pleasure tasks.
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This is your WEEKEND? You are one busy individual!
Sorry to hear about the wisdom-tooth complications. I hope you are feeling better.
Should I read anything into the fact that I only grew two wisdom teeth?
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That you were much luckier than me!!
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