T-minus 32 hours and counting
Jan. 16th, 2006 00:53![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI have one day before classes start again.
Clean out the car
Clean out my schoolbag
Transfer binder contents
Check pencils, erasers, staples, and calculator batteries
Buy another crochet hook *sigh*
Buy a new battery for my thermometer
Trader Joe's: energy bars
Buy jeans
Review the last couple of chapters of OChem
Put new batteries in my Palm
Transfer the Star of Bethlehem bulbs to trash bags
Sharpen the lopping shears
Prune the roses for a half-hour
Spend an hour in the garden killed a giant black widow at the end there
Figure out what to do about the garlic
Enjoy the last remnant of freedom. *sigh*
Time to gear up for the roller-coaster again.
I'm actually quite pleased that I did, indeed, prepare for seed sowing over break; all I have to do come February is fill trays and actually put seed in them. I bought and set up the lights, found the heating mat, assembled the rack, sterilized the trays, bought starter mix, and organized over half my seeds (the hardest ones to get all together and inventoried). Should make starting a cinch.
Transplanting, on the other hand... *sigh* I'll have to do a little of that at a time, I guess. Once again with the Time Management mantra. That, and planting out, are a little way down the road.
I know this semester is going to be a bear, and to a certain extent which species. That gives me an advantage, fortunately -- I know that drastic measures are required, I've planned some strategies in advance, and I know I will have to think rather than react as things come up. I think half of my problem last semester was that I kept reacting to the stress, rather than trying to manage it. It takes energy to plan out management strategies, and I was too busy panicking to make the effort.
The first two weeks will show me what my weekly schedule will be like. I know what I want to fit into it:
A trip to the Parkway at least every four weeks
A night each week I can socialize, if only for a few hours
A day each week to do laundry (just means I have to be home for several hours, not necessarily contiguous)
A few hours each week for the veggie garden, preferably contiguous (could overlap with laundry)
A chance to center myself every morning, before I dash off and start doing
Work hours (I hope)
20-30 minutes of gardening, every school day, on the following projects:
* Pruning the roses
* Digging out the Star of Bethlehem
* Clearing out the "greenhouse"
* Pruning some of the tree branches around here
* Hacking out some of the weed trees
* Mulching to keep some sort of order
it'll be a matter of assigning times and sticking to them. I like having a routine, and I'll make a large effort to really set one up. I'm also moving my studying away from this house, so I won't have the conflict of study/garden/veg on the computer for half the day.
I have a parking pass this semester -- no more walking to and fro. Maybe that will help conserve my energy, at least by the end. I'm healthy, but I'm not quite up to exercise while stressed.
Crossing my fingers...
Clean out the car
Clean out my schoolbag
Transfer binder contents
Check pencils, erasers, staples, and calculator batteries
Buy another crochet hook *sigh*
Buy a new battery for my thermometer
Trader Joe's: energy bars
Buy jeans
Review the last couple of chapters of OChem
Put new batteries in my Palm
Transfer the Star of Bethlehem bulbs to trash bags
Sharpen the lopping shears
Prune the roses for a half-hour
Spend an hour in the garden killed a giant black widow at the end there
Figure out what to do about the garlic
Enjoy the last remnant of freedom. *sigh*
Time to gear up for the roller-coaster again.
I'm actually quite pleased that I did, indeed, prepare for seed sowing over break; all I have to do come February is fill trays and actually put seed in them. I bought and set up the lights, found the heating mat, assembled the rack, sterilized the trays, bought starter mix, and organized over half my seeds (the hardest ones to get all together and inventoried). Should make starting a cinch.
Transplanting, on the other hand... *sigh* I'll have to do a little of that at a time, I guess. Once again with the Time Management mantra. That, and planting out, are a little way down the road.
I know this semester is going to be a bear, and to a certain extent which species. That gives me an advantage, fortunately -- I know that drastic measures are required, I've planned some strategies in advance, and I know I will have to think rather than react as things come up. I think half of my problem last semester was that I kept reacting to the stress, rather than trying to manage it. It takes energy to plan out management strategies, and I was too busy panicking to make the effort.
The first two weeks will show me what my weekly schedule will be like. I know what I want to fit into it:
A trip to the Parkway at least every four weeks
A night each week I can socialize, if only for a few hours
A day each week to do laundry (just means I have to be home for several hours, not necessarily contiguous)
A few hours each week for the veggie garden, preferably contiguous (could overlap with laundry)
A chance to center myself every morning, before I dash off and start doing
Work hours (I hope)
20-30 minutes of gardening, every school day, on the following projects:
* Pruning the roses
* Digging out the Star of Bethlehem
* Clearing out the "greenhouse"
* Pruning some of the tree branches around here
* Hacking out some of the weed trees
* Mulching to keep some sort of order
it'll be a matter of assigning times and sticking to them. I like having a routine, and I'll make a large effort to really set one up. I'm also moving my studying away from this house, so I won't have the conflict of study/garden/veg on the computer for half the day.
I have a parking pass this semester -- no more walking to and fro. Maybe that will help conserve my energy, at least by the end. I'm healthy, but I'm not quite up to exercise while stressed.
Crossing my fingers...
