11.12.2010 Friday

Cleaned up the kitchen!  This is significant because a professor who confessed to us last spring that when he has a big writing project coming up, his wife always knows about it because he plans and strategizes while he does the dishes.  This happened to me this morning.  I wrote a new introduction for the article and then processed more of it in the dishwater.  It helped half of it was roughed out this afternoon with much better references than I've been able to find.  My class just yesterday afternoon had the texts I needed for an important part of the article.  That feels so much better AND the kitchen counters are cleaned off!  I have decided instead of getting mad at my "roomies" for trashing the counters (which I, by-the-way have to clean off)....I'm going to take their articles of clutter and put them into their beds!!  Not just thrown into their rooms, but actually in between the covers.  So they will have the nice little irritation that I experience every single night when I come home to find not one clean area in the kitchen.  I cannot work in a mess so that means that they don't get much cookin'.  One would think that the two situations would begin to become obvious...but so far it hasn't.  I've made them a sign warning  them that if they leave crap on my counters they will suffer the consequences.  They've been warned!  We've met with the WIBP staff member who is collaborating with us on the new script for The House That Pat Built.  He seems genuinely excited to be on the project and it was fun explaining it to him and Nakia.  She nor I have ever scripted before so we hope to learn much and try to have fun simultaneously.  I talked so much about The House that I was rewarded with a shiny new parking ticket.  You gotta love Parking Services and their constant conviction to earn those big bucks!  THAT is one job I could not do.  The guy was pulling away as I walked up to the truck.  At least I'm getting closer.