Things I should be doing right now

I’m not a very prolific writer. It’s hard to get things done with a three year-old yelling that the dog is trying to eat her crayons. And then I have, gulp, homework to do. Oh, yeah, HOUSEwork too. I feel like that octopus mom you see in those air freshener commercials. I have to get a lot more organized, I think, or there’s going to be a lot more last-minute scrambling (Sorry about that late assignment, Mr. K, won’t happen again!).

Wendy Piersall of Sparkplugging (formerly eMoms) offers the Monday Motivation. Today we’re to make a “to-do” list for today. I think that’s doable. My list:

1. Finish my Intro to Web Tech project 7.
2. Get a post on all of my blogs.
3. Work on theme for friend.
4. Make dinner.
5. Rake leaves.
6. Wash child.
7. Write some articles.

My motivation for getting these done?

1. Child needs food and care.
2. Get good grades.
3. Make some money.

So far I’ve written a post for one blog and 2 abstracts for Brijit. Unfortunately only one got published, so I need to do another. This counts as a post for one blog and I’ll be out doing leaves in about 5 minutes. See? I am making some progress.

Here’s my abstract:

Does ‘Heroes’ Need a Lifeline too? –
Collins critically examines the ailing ratings of last season’s break-out hit Heroes as well as of television in general. The outlook may not be all bad, he writes; when Nielsen doubled their sample size of homes with DVRs, the rating dips were marginal. The snag is in commercials, as advertisers are saying they’ll only pay for viewings within 75 hours of the original airing. Meanwhile, networks have a potential writers’ strike to worry about as well. While Collins jumps around too much to provide thorough analysis, he pens a decent primer for the impending TV shake-up.
in Los Angeles Times by Scott Collins, 28 October 2007
This abstract was edited by Brijit. Read more here…