A list of things I could be doing right now*

1. Grading any of the 20 exams I need to grade.
2. Figuring out the participation grades for all of my students so that, when I finally complete task one, the final grades will be practically done.
3. Cleaning my room.
4. Sorting my eye shadow so that I can actually find it.
5. Finishing the jaywalker socks for Mr. Darling.
6. Reading one of the five books I need to read in order to start writing my chapter on Jane Bowles.
7. Revising my section of the femme paper. You know, the one for the conference in two weeks?
8. Finalizing my syllabus for next quarter.
9. Reading and preparing lesson plans for next quarter.
10. Cleaning out my file drawer.
11. Reorganizing the kitchen cabinets, which drive my crazy.
12. Beginning to write the story that I've been brewing for months.
13. Spinning and plying the last little bit of olive and yellow and red roving from A Mano. The rest is patiently waiting, all wrapped around the spindle.
14. Starting to spin the gorgeous dove grey tencel blend. On my new (to me) Louet S10.
15. Researching the thing I have in mind for Mr. Darling's birthday gift.
16. Cleaning out the cat's litter box.
17. Reading Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits, which I finally bought today.
18. Finishing the two sweaters that are sitting on needles in my UFO bin.
19. Admitting that they are not, in fact, in a UFO bin because I am not organized enough to have one of those.
20. After completing step 19, gathering all the bags of yarn and half-finished objects wedged into my bookcases and creating a UFO bin.
21. Starting the skirt I want to sew.

Instead of working on any of these worthy and long-overdue tasks, I am posting this entry and watching old episodes of Six Feet Under.

*in no particular order