Losing my Mind. . .or stuff
Okay – so part of my (self-diagnosed) OCD issues includes complete inability to move beyond B and C if A isn’t in place. So I want to blog, right? So there are these pre-conceived ideas of what I should include in a post. Mostly I have pictures to illustrate my points. And I have these pictures on my camera, but I can’t get the pictures OFF my camera, because I haven’t been able to find my card reader since I returned from my trip. So I’m making myself write this post in retrospect. Because I’ve been obsessing all week quite a long time about how to post without pictures. So this is my shock therapy. I’m posting. No card reader. See, I have to post because if I don’t, then I can’t get the dishes or the mopping done (that would be D and E in my illustration). The sequence of required activities does NOT make sense. Nor are the activities related. It is just hard to move forward when there is something not done. Especially non-essential things.
And my card reader isn’t all that’s missing. School starts on the 11th (Monday). And traditionally I have a little gift on each student’s desk for the first day of school (from the school board). So I’ve had my idea for a while, and have known what to put in each gift. I’ve even had the stuff purchased. Next step is packaging (which is almost as important as the idea – sometimes even MORE important). I normally generate something personalized on the computer and then embellish with stamping as needed. But see, in this case "A" would be the clear gusset plastic bags I want to use. How can I possibly make the 25 bag toppers – the "B" part (on the computer) if I don’t have the clear bags? DUH. So nothing is done. I don’t have the clear bags (which would make a normal person pick another option). But the voices in my head tell me that I DO have the clear bags. They just haven’t told me WHERE in the black hole that is my stamp room I might be able to find them. And from experience I know that actually the clear bags are "A" and the confetti stringy easter grassy stuff is actually "B" and the toppers are only "C". I haven’t even started hunting for the grass stuff. Because I haven’t heard about where the bags are. What is this madness?
I don’t feel better after writing this post, but at least it’s done and I can try to get myself to deal with the kitchen mess now. Wish me luck (now, if I could just find those ridiculous bags!)
August 8th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Did I know you were this neurotic? My OCD doesn’t manifest itself quite like this. I do have to finish A and B before I can work on C and D, and what constitutes A and B and C and D make NO sense and all. But A and B and C and D are full projects, not steps in projects.
So get in the cute car an go find some bloody clear gusset bags in some little town in somewhat close proximity to you! Or use brown lunch bags. Or wrap in plastic wrap from your kitchen. (I don’t know what it is, so I don’t know what other suggestions to offer.)
AND, MY school, which was supposed to start August 11 is now starting August 13 (Can you hear the Hallelujah Chorus ringing in the background?), so maybe you could do the same thing. (Mine was delayed for remodeling that is taking too long.) You can say, “I don’t have everything here for the gifts yet (not really a stretch), so school cannot begin until August 13. Then send your daughter into the stamp room and pay her to FIND the bags! Then pay her to FIND the stringy stuff. Then pay her to STAMP the toppers. I think you can handle it from there.)
August 9th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Ours is an angry God. You know that that’s how I was brought up. I would have to suggest that taking slanderous photos of innocent people while they are trying to sleep might anger the powers that be and some would say that ooops! you reap what you sow… ? Hmmm, perhaps you should PRAY on that one.
Anywho, I saw your card reader in the room, at one point, didn’t Valerie borrow it (or was that just your Blueberry connector she used to connect her camera to her machine.
I can mail you gusseted bags, I’m sure I have a few of them…how many do you need? Otherwise http://www.clearbags.com has them and they are quick.