February 23, 2008

• The first coffee is always black

  I am sleeping: heavens, I was in bed by 10.30 last night, I was so tired (I sat up and read for a wee while).  However, I'm not firing on all cylinders in the morning, by any stretch of the imagination.  Two days ago, I think it was, the milk landed in the not-yet-made coffee, rather than on the cereal: and, in a further stretch of assineness, I failed to stir the coffee once the water was added, so it was weak as gnat's pee most of the way down and then extremely bitter - you know, the sort of bitterness that makes your mouth look like a puckered balloon - at the bottom.  Regrettable though this was, it did wake me up somewhat.  However, it was evil and I do not recommend it. Today I merely tried to put the milk back into the dishwasher rather than the fridge.  Apparently I am a responsible adult and will be in charge of under-sixteens today.  It is a good thing that Emily's coming with me.

  • Iron shirt, polish shoes, polish badges Just as I am pouring water into the iron to do battle with the 100% cotton shirt that is, essentially, unironable, the phone goes.  Can I get to Westminster Abbey NOW because one of the LaSER colour party is ill.  Was out of the house in under 10 minutes, from pjs to fully dressed, teeth clean, badges polished: shoes were clean enough.  Makeup on the tube, met Peter Duncan in the queue for the loo, no rehearsal, don't think anyone noticed that I had no idea what I was doing.  Thankfully, Kirsty hissed 'Stop' at the crucial moment.  On the bus home a small child projectile vomited.  You could tell the Guiders.  We were the ones with the tissues and gloves for the cleanup job, fretting that we had no plastic bag for the detritus.
  • Service Westminster Abbey n.b. camera. Forgot the camera in the general rush.
  • Meet Heather 4pm  Or 5pm.
  • Laundry?
  • Put Laundry away In progress
  • Document knitting WIPs as I think they're getting a bit out of control
  • Get the Summer of Love socks back onto the needles - See the Yarnharlot on 7th Sept 2007 for a better explanation of why they're off the needles (can't actually face linking and doing the ironing and polishing at this point.  Something's gotta give!)
  • Work out knitting for Chicago
  • Make list stuff for Chicago (clothes and things of that ilk).
  • Get Cif liquid
  • Instructions for Kristian re. feeding the fish.
  • Finish mittens
  • le pull français' sleeve
  • Sponsorship letters Brownies - try to address envelopes
  • Brownies Accounts
  • Gift Aid letters Found link, need to edit the form at work, where I have Adobe Writer.
  • Take clothes to secondhand shop
  • Renew Library Books
  • Clean fish tank
  • Sort out laptop Windoze updates. It has been updated, defragged, had some antivirus installed, clean up, and still runs rather slowly.
  • Sort out laptop battery and try to install some better antivirus. On second battery, which appears to be charging.  Progress.
  • Wrap Mother's day present ready for the mail.

  Somehow, this doesn't actually feel like enough...I have forgotten something.  I have to have forgotten something.  However, I need to be at the tube station in 45 minutes, I'm still in my pjs, with my hair wet and my shirt unironed.

  xxx

  • 11:28 am
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