To Do and Ta Done

 

Ridiculous or not, I’m already working on when I can go see “The Meg” again. I know it’s not actually a good movie. I do know that, intellectually. I know there were a lot of goofs. I really do, but God help me; I am in the throes of obsession, and there just isn’t anything I can do to pull myself out of that descent. Next week I think a lot of it will calm down because I’ll be gearing up for DragonCon and today when they released the schedule I spent a lot of time working on “my schedule” for the weekend. There is so much I’m going to want to do, and I’m absolutely jumping for joy over trying to map out the schedule in my mind. Granted, before I can get to that I have quite a few work days and quite a lot of work left to do.  

The primary things I need to get done this week for work are:

1. Reading my graphic novel book club book.

2. Writing the discussion questions and sending them out to the book club.

3. Writing a rough draft of my teen blog for September.

My personal life goals for the week are:

1. Write at least 750 words a day. If I can do that I’ll be in line to finish my writing goals before I head to Atlanta. Preferably, I’d like to be ahead of that goal.

2. Write my August story--get the rough draft done.

3. Pick a resume to submit to be edited/reviewed and upload it to my NC Central Application.

4. Be close to done with my DragonCon Costume.

I’m excited because I ordered purple hair wax and I think I’m going to try it out this week to see how it does. I think that will be fun. I could really use a hair trim before I go too, but I don’t have time to see the guy I like, nor do I want to spend that kind of money right now. I could go to Great Clips or similar, but it’s always a little risky for me. Sometimes I get a great haircut from then, most of the time I get a decent one, but occasionally it’s awful. Once I got a haircut, and one side of my hair was left about an inch and a half longer than the other side, and when I told the lady that I was lopsided, she insisted I was wrong. I was not wrong. Someone else mostly fixed it later, but by then my hair was much shorter than I wanted. I may need to risk it though because my hair is getting desperate and I do not have a ton of spare time.

And money… well, I always spend more than I should but with the items I’ve been getting for my costume (inexpensive stuff, but still), the trip down to DragonCon, and then the upcoming England/Ireland trip. Well, it’s a lot of money to be spending. I’m not sure adding a $50 + haircut to the mix is a good idea. Plus, great clips would be fast. The one near my house closes at 9 pm which means I might even be able to get it done tonight or tomorrow after work which would be great. I also need my oil changed, and one of my tires has low pressure.

I think if I reach my writing goal by 10, I’m going to read the new Charity Parkerson book tonight. I say “book,” but it’s more of a novella as it’s only 94 pages. I’ve been curious about “Kentucky” who is the main character for the book for a while. He’s popped up in a couple of books so it should be fun to read about him. It should only take me a couple of hours to read, so long as it’s “good” (not to be confused with “good quality” mmkay? I like my trash) and I will get a nap between the gym time in the morning and going into work.