---
title: 'Weekend Update'
date: '2005-09-18T14:17:36-04:00'
permalink: /weekend-update/
tags:
    - 'general whining'
    - 'to do'
---

Things that have been accomplished:

— Writing the first draft of a position planning document.  
— Catching up on reading and commenting on a backlog of student writing.  
— Re-reading the volume of poems for one of tomorrow’s classes.  
— Washing, drying, and folding nearly a month’s worth of laundry.  
— Responding to a big pile of email, and initiating another big pile.  
— Beginning the review of the copyedited manuscript of my soon-to-be book.  
— Making a big pot of something I can bear to eat multiple times over the course of the rest of the week.

Things that have not yet been accomplished:

— Re-reading the essays assigned for tomorrow’s other class.  
— Re-reading the essays assigned for Tuesday’s class.  
— Reading anything at all assigned for Wednesday’s classes.  
— Finishing the review of the copyedited mansuscript.  
— Writing the lecture I’m giving at the end of the month.  
— Writing the big strategic planning proposal I’ve been asked for.  
— Revising and submitting the position planning document.  
— Drafting the next stage of the curriculum revision document.  
— Copyediting material for my volunteer gig.  
— Grocery shopping.  
— Exercising.  
— Breathing calmly and evenly like a person convinced she’s got enough hours in the day to accomplish all she needs.