a glance at my never ending "to-do" list

This all started as an away message for AIM, but it became way too long, so here it is, a semi-descriptive blog post or maybe a quick glimpse at my everyday life, more specifically my Thursdays. This "to-do" list is a combination of my original to-do list for today and all the things I ACTUALLY did today. It makes me look like I was semi-productive. TRUTH: I was not, at all. It also has been slightly altered to be appropriate for most audiences. I chose to include some things from Wednesday night, but please be aware that I only go out to the bars once a week... this first part is not a usual routine. Some of the items on this list have been here since this summer... pathetic. Where does the time go?

A guideline to understanding what I have written here: The time at the beginning is the time I am/was supposed to start a task. The (optional) means I could do/ did do this instead of what I am/was supposed to do. Chances are that these optional items were not on my actual to-do list for today. I will use GREEN as a way to highlight the items on my to-do list that have actually been completed.

november 06, 2008 to-do list: (starting from midnight)

drink wine
go to the disco
receive a free drink for being blonde
dance like an idiot
go to sleep by 4am
10:00 wake up
(optional) hit snooze until 10:45
shower quickly
(optional) get the worlds worst charlie horse
10:30 walk to school
(optional, 11:15) gimp to school
11:00-3:00 cinema class
(optional, 11:50) arrive late to cinema class
watch a 2.5 hour mobster movie in italian
(optional) understand the concepts of the movie so you can talk about it next class
check mail
read ridiculous letter from jason
reply to letter and send... ok, begin to reply
work on macro discussion board response.. ok, read the db
5:00 international gathering aka. ERASMUS feast
(optional, 6:00) arrive in Italian time
eat yummy chili and delicious pumpkin pie!
macro discussion board attempt #2
(optional) facebook for the 12944th time
e-mail bobby... or start to at least
7:30-8:00 take the long walk home
(optional, 7:44) two minute train ride home
settle down
SERIOUSLY DO WORK
2:00 talk to kappas/listen in on pledging!
get a good night sleep

[the rest are either things i did in the time i was supposed to be "seriously doing work" or items that have been on my continuous to-do list]

take adderall
suffer from an extreme case of ADD
make a list of things you did/meant to do today
blog – seriously, and with good details of everything
post a phony blog, i.e. the letter i wrote to jason and this silly to-do list
talk to sorority sisters – bettina, shannon, and kerry – ON THE PHONE!
imagine kerry in a towel
talk to THE sierra gomes.
eat candy corn and jolly ranchers
be wasteful: drop a piece on the floor
help others with their homework, instead of doing my own
talk to pledges/now sisters (CONGRATS!) about pledging
talk to the wifey
eat grilled cheese
italian cities research for class tomorrow
send 2 page e-mail to bobby 5 hours later
organize e-mails
organize notebook
respond to various facebook messages from the past month, oops.
practice Italian/make a vocab list of good words to know
pack for day trip to bagno vignoni and weekend trip to venice
watch an amazingly beautiful lightening storm off in the distance
love bobby every minute of every day

Clearly you see where my priorities are... I haven't even packed for tommorw's trip, bus leaves at 9am. Maybe this gives you a little hint as to why I have slacked on this whole blog thing. It also really doesn’t help that I don’t have real free time, I just seem to find things to do when I should be doing work and blogging never makes it in there. Actually, nothing on my continuous to-do list ever fits into that procrastination period, unless I were to add FACEBOOK to that list. Honestly, “blog” goes on my to-do list EVERYDAY! Alright, well, the little clock at the end of this entry is NOT lying to you. It’s 4am here and I think I should get some sleep... or maybe pack? I have a big weekend ahead of me. In case you missed it in my list, I am going on a class trip to Bagno Vignoni tomorrow and then we’re taking the overnight train to VENICE!! I am excited for so many reasons, but especially because I can finally find some gifts for people, it’s been so difficult to find anything that a person would really enjoy.

I am so sorry and thank you all who continue to check in, I will get to it. Really. I will. The more you bug me about it the faster I will get to it. I’ll be like OK! BASTA! I’ll do it! (basta means ENOUGH! STOP IT! THAT’S ALL!)

*EDIT: The items in bold red are things that have been done since the original update. It is now 7:30am and I still have not gone to sleep.