Maaaaaaaaan

I'm the #1 procrastinator. I'm convinced there isn't enough time in the world for everything I want to do. :-(

Anyway,Tony's bday is tomorrow, so I have to put some stuff off. Again.

But we should be having fun!!

I just hope I find the time to do what I have to do. I want to work part time. Actually, I don't want to work at all!

GTD again

In part two of getting my life together, I am:

Making it a habit to mark as read, delete, and then archive all emails. I'm also using more of the labels that gmail provides. I got lazy with labeling everything, so I finally set up a bunch of filters so it just gets filed asap!

I also I have to renew my nursing license, which expires in August.

Just another random blog which serves as a note to myself. But to those reading, maybe you can clean out your emails too!

Purge and Splurge

So last night we got rid of some furniture.

And today we brought in some new furniture. Our Aquos TV came and before that we built our console table/convertible to vertical bookshelf. We grew up just a little, and bought the table from Crate and Barrel since we had a gift certificate from the wedding. It's still what I consider disposable furniture, and not the type I really want to invest in, but it works for the moment. Damn, I wish I was rich. (Didn't win the lotto yesterday, btw.)

The TV is I think 40 inches which blows my mind. I know it's not that big compared to most peoples' televisions, but I'm used to like, 26" and below.

Anyway, it's a nice TV, but a far cry from when Anthony said he wanted to get rid of having a television altogether. Boys.

So the apartment is looking a little simpler, with less furniture and more storage for our records and such. AHHHHHHH I can breathe a little. Next up is our seating. We plan on having gatherings at the place (party coming soon perhaps??) and our sofa is SCREAMING for help. Either we have to throw it out, or get it reupholstered.

The charm of green vinyl is losing its luster with me, what with the ripping and the patching up and the covering up with floor pillows. Enough is enough.

The other plan is to get a love seat and then a couple cool chairs, and say goodbye to green vinyl jack knife sofa. :-( / :-)

That's all. This is a pretty pointless post, but hopefully it will inspire to make life simpler with the purging and the splurging! DO IT.

Purged!

Ok,

Well, tonight we parted with our dearly beloved

Dark Brown Leather Club Chairs

White Ikea Poang Chair with Ottoman

and

Oak tv stand

And yes, I took pics. We dabbled with the idea of selling the Poang and TV stand which have some worth to it, but we were too crammed to even store it for a little while. It was more worth it for us to send them all to the curb.

The Brown twin leather club chairs were gone in under an hour of putting them out. The TV stand was gone within a HALF hour of putting it out. I think the Poang and Ottoman are still outside, a slap in the face to Tony who LOVES that friggin chair.

(TIP: If you want to get rid of furniture but feel bad throwing it out, just leave it out on the curb in Jersey City, and someone will take it. FAST.)

Update 1 minute after I wrote the tip: the Poang is gone!

We needed the space. And now I feel like starting anew! Tomorrow we're getting a new console table and a new TV.

I will miss the old furniture, and that along with finding old pictures in the bookshelf, and all the MJ songs today got me all nostalgic. It was our first married couple furniture! BUT! The past is past! Looking forward to a new living arrangement!

:-)

GTD- I suck at this

I canNOT get into gear.

So despite all the iPhone apps and internet to do lists out there, I've resorted to the good ol' STENO notebook with a good ol' written out to do list.I have 7 things on the list which must be done. One of them has to do with organization (which I'll get back to) and in general, although I didn't write it down, we need to CLEAN.

Organization. So we have the GTD book (which apparently is super popular and started that whole "gtd" trend). This book has a simple philosophy, declutter your place of work or your home, and the result is decluttering the mind. I think.

One of the suggestions is to put all stuff away in an INBOX to declutter your mind. Mind you, writer David Allen intended for this to be a PAPER inbox, in which you put all bills papers and crap to get done in the inbox. For things that need to get done, but don't fit, you're supposed to just write that item on a paper and slide it in your inbox.

Of course, what we do is just take a milk crate and throw all the out of place stuff in it. So there's a mound of, uhh, CRAP in our "inbox". Looking at it now, I can see my pink soccer shin protectors and two boxes of lightbulbs somewhere at the top.

So working on putting away some or ALL of the things in the inbox is on the top of my list tomorrow. Blahhhh.

Other than that, I actually have band merch stuff to do, baking resume and site stuff to do, and buying stuff for the COMPLETE redecoration of the apartment! Which I'll blog about later!

Funnnn. This is how I spend my vacation.

(This weekend: VA beach trip! Yayyyy!)

Still not goal-oriented

Well, I worked three days in a row this week. So that means I'm off the rest of the week. Plus, I have vacation next week!

Hopefully this will be the time I really get to sit down and do what I gotta do. I have to make lists of things to do. I have to make time for the band, the baking, art, and the apartment! My goal is to eventually work part time (or not at all!) and just do what I love. :-)

In other news, Jon & Kate. I'm so upset I totally bought into this family. The parents are both pissing me off, but especially Jon. Now can they PLEASE stop airing this show?? I can't look away!

Live in this hospital

There's definitely a BIG plus to working in one of the top places for Cancer treatment. I work in the operating room nonetheless! My mom needed surgery, and though it's hard to get an appointment here for most peeps, they saw her asap.

She had her surgery yesterday, and it was definitely surreal. I didn't go in the room with her, and I felt absolutely no control at a place where my job is to be in control of the room. All I know is the OR, so I felt pretty clueless in the Pre Surgical Unit and in the Recovery Room. At least now I know what other patients and families are going through and I'm more clued in to the entire operating experience.

What was cool was when I couldn't go into the OR anymore, that all my coworkers came to greet her, so much so that she got a little overwhelmed! During the procedure, Tony, Vince, and I had some REALLY GOOD Korean food at Mr. Ginger. Then we walked over to central park until they called us to let us know the surgery was done. Central Park is REALLY nice this time of year, BTW. I almost had my wedding there; I just remembered!


Anyway, the surgery went well, and not to be too graphic and all: her tumor was the size of a canteloupe. Wowzahs. It's crazy how long something in your body can go unnoticed. Pathology results will be in a few days, and so all concentrated prayers, well wishes, good thoughts, and good vibes for good results are welcomed.

I visited her on my break and she's doing well. She's kind of in pain but she can wiggle in bed, as opposed to yesterday, where she didn't want to move.

Scheduling-wise, I will offically be in this hospital everyday for the next week. Darnit!! But that's the only downside. :-)