by flit .
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August 11, 2006

Oh ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March 02, 2008 12:18 PM EST
views: 99 | rating: 9.9/10 (33 votes) | comments: 39

Was just clearing one of my stacks looking for some prescriptions receipts I've misplaced (don't tell Ross!) and happened upon my History of Canadian Children & Families binder and thought I would just doublecheck to make sure I knew what assignment it was that had to be done for next.....

oh oh!

History of European Women paper is due next week.

Children & Families due date would be March 3. That would be tomorrow.

Which would still be doable IF I didn't have about 25 pages to go on Margaret Laurence - needs to be sent off to Jane like .... today?

AND I have to teach in the morning and drive to Sudbury for class tomorrow night oh and did I mention that I also need to write a one page proposal for tomorrow's Theory class and also read several chapters of Zizak (NOT easy reading) and write up "notes & questions" to hand in (for marks) and that I also need to have a bath/shower and do laundry and sleep and eat and watch Kyle XY and ....

I am surprisingly calm, all things considered.
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Comments: 39

flit . Mar 2, 2008, 12:19pm EST
oh yeah...and let us not forget that I am presenting the as yet unwritten paper this Friday ....AND I have 4 classes to teach this week and even though I started out with everyone on the same schedule because of snowdays and holidays and so on I now have no two classes doing the same thing which was NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
Vivian P. Mar 2, 2008, 12:22pm EST
oh my now your a busy one
Sue * Mar 2, 2008, 12:24pm EST
I wish you had time to read the Oprah book. I started it yesterday, and while it is way over my head metaphysical, the one thing I have learned so far is that we "are not the voice in our head" and basically not to listen to it when it is screaming too many things at us. Take a deep breath, take one step at a time.
Dannielle S. Mar 2, 2008, 12:25pm EST
Step 1: log-off Gather.
Patricia F. Mar 2, 2008, 12:29pm EST
...alas, poor flit...we knew her well....I don't know how you do it!I wish you a thousand muses to land on your shoulder and help you through this night...look now...there...on your right shoulder....did they all arrive safely with glittered wing and knowing eyes?
Vicky Duggins Mar 2, 2008, 12:29pm EST
Whoa! I melt under deadlines. I admire you if you can do this stuff. Wow.
So, you're gathering because...?
flit . Mar 2, 2008, 12:36pm EST
I am on gather (sporadically) because if I try to focus only on my writing my b&tch of an inner critic takes over and I can't write ANYTHING.... when I divide my attention somewhat, I find I am able to just keep GOING without letting that b&tch interfere...
Dawn V. Mar 2, 2008, 12:38pm EST
Good luck on getting everything done today! :)
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Mar 2, 2008, 12:44pm EST
whicheee, shwwwach. okay, that's as close as i can get to typing whipping noises.

i've taken to leaving myself sticky notes on my computer screen edges with the due dates of stuff otherwise i miss deadlines all the time.

i think i have early oldtimer's disease, either that or it's all the years of meds that is affecting my short term memory (most likely the case)
Kathleen**Hair is my LIFE!*** K. Mar 2, 2008, 12:46pm EST
OH, fLIT! sOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR "PILE-IT'S (pilot's) license without being able to manuveur a plane! HA! I am good at that too. Relax, focus and .....GO!
Kelly M. Mar 2, 2008, 12:47pm EST
I'd be freaking out!
flit . Mar 2, 2008, 12:51pm EST
it's either Gather or neopets... and neopets tends to suck up more time

doing great so far.... onto page 6 of ML section and can see where I'm going through several more .... also mapping what I'm going to present on Friday ... only 20 minutes ...so can't do EVERYTHING.... SO going to focus on this bit
Linda B. Mar 2, 2008, 12:55pm EST
Yup. Life for an ADD person is a never-ending game of "Whack-A-Mole". This is not a problem until, for whatever reason, you exceed your personal speed limit. Then choices get very streamlined and brutal...at least for me. I'm at the point where face-to-face communication is becoming a chancy proposition simply because of the huge effort it takes for me to maintain my concentration.

Deep, calming breaths....there, that's better. When I calm down, suddenly the mountains look like molehills again.

Hang in there. One, two, breathe in....five, six, breathe out.
Lainie - Just Lainie Mar 2, 2008, 12:56pm EST
Gather is a good reward for yourself too. Set some managable goals and when you accomplish them, give yourself x-amount of minutes on Gather. It helps me get through work projects - even though I don't typically let work get in the way of Gather. : )

If anyone can do this, it's you. You won't let any of these projects suffer - even if it means not taking a shower.... I'm just glad we can't smell you through the computer. : )

Take it easy, Flit My Clit. You will be fine. : )
Brian T. Mar 2, 2008, 1:03pm EST
Hang in there one thing at a time. Nickel and dime your way to a dollar.
flit . Mar 2, 2008, 1:03pm EST
next time I hit a snag in ML paper, I'm off to have a soak in the tub - the plan is to read the 2 chapters of history while i'm there so that my brain can start gelling something out of that while I get back to ML
Gretchen Lee Bourquin Mar 2, 2008, 1:11pm EST
take a deep breath, flit. It'll all work out
Trish A. Mar 2, 2008, 1:19pm EST
You can do it, you can do it, you can do it! (Your Gather encourager!)
Sarah (is happy to be near a T.V.) G. Mar 2, 2008, 1:31pm EST
Oh ***T is right! Well, just stay focused, keep your thoughts organized, and kill anyone who bothers you.
Janet "Jax" B. Mar 2, 2008, 1:53pm EST
Oops, hate when that happens....you'll get it done today. Just remember to breathe.
Charlotte McClain Mar 2, 2008, 2:27pm EST
Get thee a calendar.
Tamara B. Mar 2, 2008, 3:49pm EST
get a dayplanner...lol...hell i'll buy one for you...belated birthday present...lol
flit . Mar 2, 2008, 3:51pm EST
you're so sympathetic! And after I took time out for your interuptions AND found what you needed!

Not nice to pick on the (very stressed but I can do this) Mommy...
Tamara B. Mar 2, 2008, 4:05pm EST
i'm not picking on you...and i'm very happy that you found what i needed...but trust me...you need a day planner...i have one and it comes very much in handy...i will even go and buy you a hummingbird one...and possibly even decorate it with glow in the dark paint...i even have some unopened glow in the dark paint...lol....
Okay.... breathe, then continue to set appropriate goals to accomplish what you need to get done. just achieve that piece then move on to the next part. I like the fact that you are breaking it up into sections to do and finding ways to accomplish a piece at a time of each of the challenges before you. hang in there.
( I have another eval to type today and then two to do tomorrow and then type them.)
Heather W. Mar 2, 2008, 6:26pm EST
I would be freaking. Good luck getting everything done!
elizabeth e. Mar 2, 2008, 6:47pm EST
step 2...log off gather.

step 3...log off gather.

step 3...log off gather.
I'm with you elizabeth.....
Elsie Duggan Mar 3, 2008, 1:38am EST
You have so much to do Flit, and yet you flit around Gather, well I know you will knock it all off someway, and I do live by a calendar, the most important thing I have, otherwise would forget most every thing I am supposed to do.. I have doctor's appointments for next December on mine, so figure they think I am going to be around til then unless they cancel, lol, just kidding here, but you are so smart, and you have a way of beating the clock.
David The Nighthawk B. Mar 3, 2008, 2:06am EST
Best of luck, you'll do fine :)
suey v. Mar 3, 2008, 8:31pm EST
Hey L.L you need an easy button. LOL
necee t. Mar 4, 2008, 12:41am EST
whew flit... i'm exhausted just reading this... i know you'll get it all done
with time to spare... good luck... Blessings...

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