an illustrious day in the life

Or, Good Reasons Why I Don't Keep a Meticulous Journal

Saturday, November 10, 2007

10:00 am – wake up to alarm clock; realize it is Saturday and decide to go back to sleep
11:15 am – wake up to internal clock; realize it is still Saturday and decide to take time waking up
11:42 am – decide to roll out of bed, finally
12:30 pm – wake up enough to make a bowl of instant oatmeal
12:35 pm – sit down to computer to work on powerpoint for church
1:08 pm – turn on NPR to list en to “Whady’a Know?”
1:33 pm – decide I can’t think in two different modes at once and turn off radio
2:45 pm – still working on powerpoint
3:56 pm – seriously, why is this taking so long?
4:27 pm – it's not like this is rocket science
5:02 pm – finally finish powerpoint
5:07 pm – reheat leftover pasta dish; make self delicious smoothie using available items of frozen banana, strawberry yogurt, and Wal-Mart brand coffee creamer
5:09 pm – realize A Prairie Home Companion is on; turn on radio to listen
5:49 pm – turn radio off due to excessive country music content since show is almost over anyway
6:18 pm – try to email powerpoint to Nicole to review – unsuccessfully
6:23 pm – try again to email powerpoint
6:28 pm – dude, what is wrong with Hotmail?
6:35 – decide to switch to gmail soon and give up on emailing powerpoint; send token email to Nicole to explain why Hotmail is a jerk
6:45 – read Bible; decide to “be strong and courageous” and “wait on the Lord”
6:52 pm – decide to move to room to finish reading and so that roommate will not find me when she gets home – no way she will ever look in my room!
7:37 – roommate finds me! shoot
7:44pm – roommate emails Powerpoint successfully to tech guy at church – see, I told you, Gmail is way better
7:48 pm – get ready to go to work
8:14 pm – head to work
8:22 pm – arrive at work; hang out in back room
8:30pm – 12:26 am – various barista-esqe tasks, including, but not limited to, taking drive-thru orders, learning exciting tasks such as washing dishes and cleaning equipment apart, making witty repartee with fellow baristas, reminding myself not to touch my face while I’m working, and deciding which expired goods to take home with me for the night.
12:28 am – Oh, yeah, and making drinks
12:29 am – drive home; turn radio WAY UP for 6 minute drive home
12:35 am – arrive at domicile
12:48 am – discover internet is not working – bummer
12:54 am – mend piece of clothing to wear at church
1:02 am – decide I am too awake to go to sleep yet; decide to sit down and write about random items for a bit
1:07 am – find old Chagall Guevara mp3’s and start listening
1:45 am – take off headphones and wonder what that loud high-pitched sound was . . .
1:48 am – hiccup, and realize previous troubling sound was self hiccupping unawares
1:51 am – decide this is funny enough to build entire blog post around; start writing
2:12 am – decide I am going to be really tired tomorrow morning at church if I do not go to bed
2:13 am – remember I was going to use this time to work on flyer for tomorrow night. . . oops
2:14 am – decide I still need to go to bed
2:18 am – ok, seriously, I am going to bed now
2:19 am -- *click*