Lost Lists (or the Pitfalls of Procrastination)

Somewhere in the dark void of procrastination are all the lists I've ever made containing vital information on important tasks I'm supposed to have done or be doing now. I'm a prolific list writer, but a below average doer of the tasks on my lists.

While cleaning out my cavernous purse/bag/survival kit I've come across lists more than six months old. Of course these FOUND LISTS are not the important tasks I need to be doing, but are grocery lists, unidentified phone numbers I've meant to write in my address book, reminders of what soaps co-workers have asked for, etc. You get the idea and these are just the lists that I've FOUND!

I've a suspicion that some of my balled up essential lists may have made their way across the fields, into the streams that feed the many rivers flowing into the Great Lakes. From there they may have made their soggy way out through the St. Lawrence Seaway and have been carried out into the Atlantic. After reaching the ocean it's quite possible they'd have followed the worldwide ocean currents and wound up in the enormous island of plastic trash that floats just below the surface of the Pacific somewhere between Hawaii and San Francisco! (If you don't believe me, just Google Giant Trash Island.) At least my lists were written on paper which will eventually decompose... Small comfort.

Now that I've got a blog I figure I can publish my lists here. I can't really misplace a blog, can I? So here are all the things I'm supposed to be doing while I'm on spring break from my teaching job. They've not been prioritized yet; I'm putting that off:

1. Peel all the wallpaper off the dining room walls and prep them for painting.
2. Deep clean my bedroom and closet
3. Write a school newsletter for my class.
4. Measure out space for a new garden in my yard.
5. Rake last year's leaves in the dog's yard.
6. Go on poo patrol in the dog's yard.
7. Wash all the walls in the bathroom, including trim, then repaint all the trim.
8. Wash all the windows inside and out.
   
9. Start eating right.
10. Catch up on some reading I'd like to do.

I'm thinking I'll start with number ten. I need help.