Sunday, February 8, 2009

A Typical Sunday Morning...

Yes, I just wrote on my FaceBook page that I was completing the application to go to Germany... but instead, I turned on Pandora.com so I had something to listen to... checked to see if I could access Naruto Shipuuden episode 39 yet... responded to a few friends' status updates back on FB... then went to iTunes and purchased a Goo Goo Dolls CD and now... I'm on my blog wondering why I am procrastinating about completing this application...

Yes, I really DO want to go to Germany this summer for three weeks on an all-expense paid trip to look at the schools and culture of Germany! Who wouldn't want to? So... what's going on?

I am feeling a little worn out.... Over the past month I have written and applied for about 5 different grant opportunities: Best Buy, Delta Kappa Gamma, Fulbright, HEB Excellence in Teaching, and now this one. It's a lot of energy, but there are also deadlines that must be met for future opportunities like this one....so I've got to get it together today!

I'm feeling pressure to complete a lot of loose ends from work, and I owe quite a bit of time to the Collaborative and I'm trying to find ways to make that time up... so I guess that what's going on is that I have to focus and ground myself. Perhaps if I make a list.. I love making lists... is making a list another form of procrastination? I often lose them or don't do them, but it DOES remove the chatter from my brain and puts it on a pece of paper that allows me to focus with a plan and it's easier for me to get back on track....


Okay let's try it:
  1. Work on the Germany lesson plan
  2. Check Naruto ;)
  3. Work on the "Why Do I want to go to Germany?" part
  4. Do lesson plans
  5. Call Helen for her interview for the Project Linus website
  6. Reread the lesson plan for editing and clarification
  7. Find the Accelerated Reading stuff and work on that
  8. Reread the essay portion of the application
  9. Print and take envelope to post office along with the Blockbuster movie...
  10. Watch Naruto
  11. Work on Habitat "suitcase"
  12. Put Bundle 4 in the SHARE folder
  13. Email Lori about Collaborative ideas and hours
  14. Find a way to get to Vietnam next summer... or the Antarctica... whoa... what about a polar expedition to BOTH POLES!!! YES! That would be AWESOME!!!

Hey! Isn't this Sunday when I'm supposed to be relaxing ...

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