gillpolack @ 2015-05-04T23:13:00
I did vast numbers of things after I posted yesterday. The weather was misbehaving and sleep was out, so I worked.
Today was less successful, though quite a bit more fun. I've done some housework and I shopped and had lunch with a friend and cuddled his baby, all of which was good. The GUFF report is now with James (for he's doing the formatting) and all my preparation is done for Wednesday's class for the next 2 weeks (plus I have work stationery for that class, for which I'll be reimbursed).
I've used up many stray ingredients and there is much chocolate in my place, some of which is for Wednesday night (when I host crit group) and some of which is for stray passers-by (if there be any) over the next fortnight. By this I know that I'm a lot better than I have been, for I am assuming that after Wednesday afternoon my place will be less unrepresentable and that I won't be inundated with deadlines. Still, I only had fourteen things to do today, and I've done precisely seven of them.
In theory I should work furiously until one am. In practice, I want to return a book to the library on Wednesday, so I'm going to read for a bit and then go to bed. Except... maybe I can do one or two more things first. Jut so's the list I wake up to isn't so worrying. Just so's I can answer the new emails and do the rest of my teaching prep without looking over my shoulder. I think I've talked myself into crossing three more things off my list before bed. If I don't, I'll never get back to research and writing and you'll never get any interesting posts again. Ever.
For those who want to know (and are tempted to taste it) the non-crit group chocolate is pebbles. I made truffles in the shape of pebbles (intentionally) using dark Belgian chocolate, dessicated coconut, home made cherry liqueur and drunken cherries, and the richest cream I could find. They're eat-one-and-feel-full-for-hours chocolates, but very nice, and if no-one drops in for a few weeks then I shall eat one a day until they're gone. The crit group is getting coconut roughs made with Belgian chocolate, because I needed to finish the coconut. And it's really lovely to have a little bit of energy to make chocolates. It's been too long.
Today was less successful, though quite a bit more fun. I've done some housework and I shopped and had lunch with a friend and cuddled his baby, all of which was good. The GUFF report is now with James (for he's doing the formatting) and all my preparation is done for Wednesday's class for the next 2 weeks (plus I have work stationery for that class, for which I'll be reimbursed).
I've used up many stray ingredients and there is much chocolate in my place, some of which is for Wednesday night (when I host crit group) and some of which is for stray passers-by (if there be any) over the next fortnight. By this I know that I'm a lot better than I have been, for I am assuming that after Wednesday afternoon my place will be less unrepresentable and that I won't be inundated with deadlines. Still, I only had fourteen things to do today, and I've done precisely seven of them.
In theory I should work furiously until one am. In practice, I want to return a book to the library on Wednesday, so I'm going to read for a bit and then go to bed. Except... maybe I can do one or two more things first. Jut so's the list I wake up to isn't so worrying. Just so's I can answer the new emails and do the rest of my teaching prep without looking over my shoulder. I think I've talked myself into crossing three more things off my list before bed. If I don't, I'll never get back to research and writing and you'll never get any interesting posts again. Ever.
For those who want to know (and are tempted to taste it) the non-crit group chocolate is pebbles. I made truffles in the shape of pebbles (intentionally) using dark Belgian chocolate, dessicated coconut, home made cherry liqueur and drunken cherries, and the richest cream I could find. They're eat-one-and-feel-full-for-hours chocolates, but very nice, and if no-one drops in for a few weeks then I shall eat one a day until they're gone. The crit group is getting coconut roughs made with Belgian chocolate, because I needed to finish the coconut. And it's really lovely to have a little bit of energy to make chocolates. It's been too long.
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