more or less accomplishing things
Feb. 15th, 2004 10:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magicicadai actually felt like getting stuff done tonight, which is nice. i usually spend all day waiting for sylvia to nap/go to sleep for the night, and then when she finally does i have no energy. however, today i sent back a response to the bosslady about doing some public speaking on tax topics for block. i have no idea what is going on in my head anymore, but this appealed to me and i spoke up. if it's a massive disaster, i'm sure once will be enough to determine that. if it's not, i've got a new skill to put on my resume. i did not revise my resume or send off letters to my real estate contacts. i do need to do this soon, but i'm trying to stay positive about accomplishments. that seems to work a lot better than moaning about the fact that i haven't gotten other important things like my christmas card thank yous done. actually, they're mostly done, but i wanted to tuck in pictures and get ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
h_postmortemus to do the actual addressing and mailing, but i'm NOT DWELLING ON THAT ahem. i'm fine.
the further accomplishment that makes me feel like i can take some chill time is that i sent another poem off for publication. i'm doing really good timewise as it's only halfway through the month, but i only feel so-so about the poem, so i'm going to leave myself the option of sending off something else if i can this month. the further joke is that it's president's day tomorrow, so i won't actually be able to mail this until tuesday. blergh. at least it won't be just a mailman holiday tomorrow. it looks like we might have enough 'winter mix' to at least cause some delays. i'm not scheduled to work until 6pm so i can stay relaxed about the weather. i still need to get writing more or at least revising. i'm doing great at getting seed poems these days, but they need to get done.
and lastly, i'm remembering why i hate contests so much. the vastly enormous prize, when compared to how much a published poem would yield, is not allowing me to just forget i sent in anything and just relax. luckily, it's only a month and a half until i *will* know one way or the other. the odds against winning any particular contest are not good, but it sure would be nice.
and know, downstairs to veg.
h_postmortemus to do the actual addressing and mailing, but i'm NOT DWELLING ON THAT ahem. i'm fine. the further accomplishment that makes me feel like i can take some chill time is that i sent another poem off for publication. i'm doing really good timewise as it's only halfway through the month, but i only feel so-so about the poem, so i'm going to leave myself the option of sending off something else if i can this month. the further joke is that it's president's day tomorrow, so i won't actually be able to mail this until tuesday. blergh. at least it won't be just a mailman holiday tomorrow. it looks like we might have enough 'winter mix' to at least cause some delays. i'm not scheduled to work until 6pm so i can stay relaxed about the weather. i still need to get writing more or at least revising. i'm doing great at getting seed poems these days, but they need to get done.
and lastly, i'm remembering why i hate contests so much. the vastly enormous prize, when compared to how much a published poem would yield, is not allowing me to just forget i sent in anything and just relax. luckily, it's only a month and a half until i *will* know one way or the other. the odds against winning any particular contest are not good, but it sure would be nice.
and know, downstairs to veg.
