Sunday evening is a busy time for me. I plan my week with an overall list of tasks for the week combined with the daily schedule of work, appointments, etc. This week I need to do many things to prepare for my 1L year. I will be getting my physical scheduled and praying I am not to late to get in before 8/12. If I am too late, I will need to go to the local clinic which will mean running around for my decades old immunization records and waiting up to several hours to be seen. So…crossing fingers. This is where procrastination costs me. Also on the list of things to do: arranging for my final transcript to be sent to the law school and contacting financial aid at the law school to inquire about the living expense portion of my expenses. I am taking subsidized loans for that and I have yet to receive a master loan agreement. I will also be contacting the school bookstore to check book prices. I have already checked amazon and Barrister books, so it is more for comparison than anything else. I would like to have the books ordered and paid for before Friday, but that might be a stretch. It goes on the ??? list, which often accumulates for several weeks before I actually get to it.
Outside of law school related things, I have the college freshman to consider. She has a physical scheduled for tomorrow at 8:30. The two boys have theirs scheduled for Tuesday at the same time. I have one cocker spaniel who needs a new home and tomorrow I need to contact some people who have expressed an interest in her. I am leaving for vacation Saturday morning and tomorrow is the day I need to make packing lists. I also need to get to the Social Security office to request a letter on behalf of a client. That could take some time. The work schedule this week is Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. This is where I enjoy being self employed with a high level of flexibility. Otherwise my life would be unmanageable. Darling daughter, however, is less flexible. She is working tomorrow, two jobs. One from 10-6 and one from 9-1AM. So I will be on my own with the boys for the bulk of the day. We will be cleaning house and picking up the yard, attempting to fill the garbage can before Thursday as we prepare to move on 8/1.
The entire list looks unmanageable on paper but I always feel a great sense of accomplishment as I get things crossed off. And the list does help me manage my time. I get twice as much done with it as I would without it, and I am hoping to use the same strategy during my 1L year. So…at 10:30 PM, I am off to bed, ready to start a busy week of work. There is no time for asking philosophical questions right now.
