April showers bring May flowers

The weather is crazy out here. It snowed - yes, SNOWED - over the weekend. We've already had crocuses, daffodils, cherry blossoms, tulips, and weather in the high 60s and then it snows?! I don't think this is what they had in mind for 'April showers.'

Falling off the wagon

The title is self explanatory and I apologize to those of you who are faithful readers. Life has been (and still is, really) just a little crazy over the past month. Here are some short lists to illustrate the current state of affairs in my life . . .

Things I should be doing:

1. Working on the glossary for my boss' book
   
2. Reading about early Mahayana Buddhist scripture
3. Reading about postwar Japanese history - yes, it's broad but I haven't looked at my syllabus since the class started so I have no idea what I'm supposed to be reading at the moment. "Bad form young lady," you say? Yes, I would agree.
4. Writing up thesis number 2 . . . yes, there are two to be written
   

Things I'd like to be doing:

1. Finishing up the knitted T that I started just before spring break
2. Baking cookies for Sarah's birthday - 'cause I ate all the cookies I initially baked for her
3. Watching the rest of Season 4 of The West Wing - I love the public library!
4. Knitting of any and all sorts
5. Shoe shopping

What I'm actually doing:

1. Posting
2. Contemplating how much longer my laptop will survive (it's almost 5!)
3. Making unrealistic plans to get up early tomorrow and go to the library to do work
4. Ruing MS Word and it's malfunctioning ways
   

My reality is so far off from where I should be . . . if only there were a couple extra hours in the day and laptops (or cash) grew on trees.