Grading, Bills, All That Junk

7:20 am

                Good news is that I am close to done with grading the quizzes. I should be able to finish them this morning. Bad news is that I then have to move onto the lab methods and materials and results. And somewhere in there revise the jumping lab again so the steps are accurate and really clear. And pay bills. Note that I have had that on the todo list for a long time. It is a problem. I must must must find a way to simplify that process. I am not stupid. I am even capable of doing things I don’t especially like (as in going to the gym every day). So why can I not take care of bills in a timely fashion? I need to find some sort of system that works regularly and I can keep going. I will have to really think about it. Right now one of my solutions is to set up automatic bill pay for as many as possible. That way at least they are not late and incurring late fees etc. I just have to figure out for the other bills (those that can’t be paid on-line) and how to keep up with entering things in Quicken, since at this point I am WAY behind with that. It will mean some long days/nights of entering sometime soon.

                Nicer thoughts: I finished carding 2 sets of batts. One is an interesting orangey blend, the other is a nice soft brown. Now it is just a matter of spinning it…. and maybe getting more angora spun before the next 2 fairs. Actually more angora for the Hartsbrook fair, then more things knit for the Big Brother Big Sister fair. I’ve been working on the mittens but I think I had better put those aside for now.

                I’m in a pretty crappy mood and have been for several days. Looming dark? Missing the girls? Too much work? Maybe any or all. Last night I got home around 6 having texted the suggestion that we go out for cheap Chinese. I had in mind the little place near Moan and Dove, but K didn’t want to go there. So we went to Panda East and instead of cheap Chinese we spent $50 and got stuff I didn’t even like that much. And now we have tons left over to add to the left over casserole, the rabbit stew and all kinds of cold cuts/etc left from his retreat at the farm. I guess the good news is that I need not cook all weekend. It just all better get eaten.

                Crapola. I would like to go out to the sunroom and spin while listening to Enders Game. Except that it is nearly finished so I’ll need to get to the library to get another CD. And it is too cold to knit out there. Carding is more do-able in the cold, just bundle up, but spinning is harder. I have my wheel in here, so that is fine, it is just harder to listen to something I want because it will annoy K. Well, I will finish the quizzes and that will be satisfying. First I had better do the bunnies. I THINK it is warm enough that waters will not be frozen. I have tons of bunny stuff I should do. And anything I don’t get done this weekend will not get done next week as I must teach all three labs and will not have much home time. I suppose I could set things up so I could pluck inside since that is one of the things that needs to get done. Of course that assumes I will not have to spend every second getting the reports graded.

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