seasonal inventory

[woolymonkey]

Mostly for my own planning purposes.

1. Defeat assorted monkey germs--accomplished (provisional)
2. Buy gifts--accomplished apart from guitar strings, which can be delgated
3. Buy food--ongoing but on target
4. Marking--slightly behind, but doable by deadline (Friday)
5. Stop water coming through kitchen ceiling--accomplished.  Thank you Best Plumber in Cambridge, no thanks at all to the mysterious force that pulled the bath outflow pipe 2 inches southwards. I wasn't expecting this one on the list and could really have done without it. Will try to give it a miss next year.
6. Mend and replace bath panel--not my problem :-)
7. Decorate Christmas tree--accomplished, but also ongoing due to Leicester
8. Monkey outing to meet my mother in London for British Museum exhibition--scheduled for tomorrow, but who knows? Will any/all of us be able to travel to London and back?  Watch this space. If we can't go tomorrow, we can postpone, but will that actually help?
9. Wrap presents--not yet.
10. Bake mince pies--unlikely, but I can live with that.
11. Housework--kitchen to do, guest beds to do, bathrooms done but to do again (see 5 above).
12. Monkey homework duty--ongoing, on target
13. Send cards--abandoned years ago
14. Send seasonal email--unlikely this year, but will anyone notice?
15. Organise student visit to King's College--ongoing, on target
16. Oversee online working groups for collaborative wiki assignment--I'd know if I was on target if I knew what I was supposed to be doing. I suspect I'm slightly behind, but that my students are slightly ahead (due in part to my earlier efforts) so probably even.

What have I missed?

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

17. Pour large gin. Minimal tonic. Chunk of frozen lime (to obviate need for ice cubes, which dilute the gin). Slurrup, while house, monkeys, cats etc descend into chaos all around.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

was going to add 17. BREATHE but I like desperance's suggestion better! Esp. the frozen lime.

If you end up not going to London tomorrow, is tomorrow evening a good time to drop by?

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

I like that.

18. Freeze limes...

19. Drink whisky :)

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Frozen limes rock.

If no London, then yes, that would be perfect.