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Last journal was about random people and this will be just a collection of random thoughts. I am glad to find out that the random people who approach me enjoy the interaction.

My husband really has no concept of time management. I hope him being in school will force him to manage his time better. Yesterday he offered to do the grocery shopping. I sent him a list of what I needed by mid afternoon and I was a little late getting it to him.

He calls to ask what he can get started for dinner when he gets back from the store. I tell him what I need and what time I think I will be home.

I get home from work and getting the oil changed in the car and he isn't home so I was worried that my parents may have called and something was wrong. My Dad isn't in the best of health and told my husband on Sunday he wasn't feeling all that great lately. Everything was fine with my parents but I tend to worry about them but I feel justified as there have been too many late night calls and trips to the ER.

My husband was off all day from school and his work study commitment and even though I sent him my shopping list late it was well before 5:00pm which is when he decided he would go to Wegmans. He thought he'd be home by 5:30pm! oh honey, no. I know the layouts of 2 Wegmans and even if I run through the stores, I can barely make it out of there in 30 minutes unless I'm only getting or 1 or 2 items. I know we don't live far from Wegmans in N. buffalo but it does take a few minutes to get there and back.

He was surprised it was packed and how much everything cost. I think it was a bit of a reality check for him as I do almost all our grocery shopping.

I didn't get mad since there was nothing I could do but it just made for a late night of cooking as I had planned on making a couple meals for the week.

Next up for him is taking on meal planning and prep for 2 weeknights.


Keeping with the time management theme. I seriously wish I knew how people manage to keep their houses neat and tidy without giving up many hours on a weekend. Maybe other people are just neater, more efficient and better organized than we are.

I wish we could afford a cleaning person to come by once a week to do all the routine cleaning tasks I really hate as in all of them. LOL

Regardless, we have to get the house in better shape. We have a friend coming to stay with us for a couple days.

This list doesn't even include the home improvement projects that need to be completed and the new projects that need to be undertaken. fuck I feel overwhelmed.




Since we're not spending time cleaning or fixing we went out and had fun this weekend! We went to Ellicottville for Fall Fest. It was a beautiful weekend and we had a great time.





Back to work and more task management.

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💬 4 comments

  1. matthew ·

    I saw your hubby at Wegmans yesterday. I was getting lunch meats. Paul has time managment isssues as well.

  2. theecarey ·

    yes, being more organized and efficient is beneficial in having a tidy place. When I was full-time work, full-time grad school, it was often daunting to try to figure out how to keep my space looking good. I need a tidy environment to think straight, so I had to figure out how to do that without going crazy in the time management arena. Some things just had to be let go (like getting into every corner- just stick to immediate parameters) and some processes needed to be made more efficient (keep surface spaces simple so there is less to dust, do a quick wipe down regularly so there isn't as much grime to spend time on, do it all at once). Its too easy to let stuff build up, so a solid uninterrupted 10-20 minutes per day can keep chaos at bay. I know that I get easily side tracked and then suddenly 3 hours have gone by, really making chores, well, a chore!

    good luck on figuring out a plan of attack. A house cleaner would be nice, but if that is not in the budget, then perhaps a few strategic moves will help you and your husband. :)

  3. tinypliny ·

    "I seriously wish I knew how people manage to keep their houses neat and tidy without giving up many hours on a weekend."

    Though my little studio is seldom organized or neat, I can make it so in 5 minutes flat. The secret is having a storage-area where you can toss EVERYTHING! They all will eventually come out and make things untidy again, but for a quick clean-up, there is nothing easier than scooping up everything in sight and throwing it out of sight. hehehehe

  4. metalpeter ·

    I"m super messy and part of that is being lazy at home. One tip I can give you though is to do thing right away. For example you eat then do the dishes don't let them pile up, that is true of most mess do it at the time and it is manageable. Also if you think you can do it after you watch a show, read a chapter of a book or listen to an interview on the radio you are wrong. Once you partake in that and sit down you aren't getting back up to clean. Another thing that helps is having a good system of keeping things together, Hidden storage is a help.

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