Books, Reading, Writing, Misc

Today is the last day of January. I have been tryng to contact the library to renew my books for three more weeks. However, the line has been busy all morning. In addition, the website site is down so that option to renew is gone. The library gave all borrowings a Jan 31 due date because of the switch to the Horizon system. The last time I checked, there were about 10 books listed for me that I had already returned. I do hope the system will work, but the hope is fading.

I am starting to feel a little anxious about how to read all the books that I want to. How to read, comprehend, assimulate and build my knowledge base while continuing all my other activites? What suggestions would I have made to client about this situation?

"Cut down and focus on only the most important activities."

Easier said than done...

SA is coming at 12 to work on the wireless connection, installing the photo printer and getting the scanning pen to work. The Epson scanner is in place and the onus is on me to decide which files to convert to paperless.

I am reading too much stuff on the internet...too many newspapers, blogs, and research items. These activities tend to be without a solid purpose. Except, to see how others craft their works.

Why do I want to take a writing course? Don't I have enough research material to lay the foundation for my writing activites? Am I using this hypothetical Writing Course to postpone making any kind of writing commitment? Maybe.

"Cut down and focus on only the most important activities."

Alright, at this moment, taking a writing course fails the criteria of "most important activity". Pass.

What activities feel most important to accomplish today?

Renew my library books
Return what cannot be renewed
Clear the back desk of the incessant clutter

So Be It!

much later

I forgot to renew my books. So, I returned everything. I shall start the process again. This time, I will try not to get behind in my reading. I will attempt to borrow no more than 10 books at a time. I do have a Hold List of 30 books. Plus, I returned about 50 that I need to re-borrow. Will try to not obsess about this...

I just looked behind me...the clutter is still there. Hmmm, I forgot to handle that too.

Wow! What happened that I forgot to do these things? SA got the wireless system working for one of the computers, setup my photo printer, got the new digital camera installed and ready to go, determined that the pen scanner would not work on the XP computers unless I buy a USB one. He will install the pen scanner on the two Win98 SE that I use. While he did that, the dog trainer showed up for Max's lesson.

OH! I know what happened. I got sick. I had a serious bout of vertigo and could barely function for a while. I think the stress of being sick caused me to forget stuff. I did go buy some eggs, diet coke and fertilizer, though.