Things that need doing before the big trip on Friday, in any order:

• Laundry (Monday) √
• Mail citation stuff (also get money order)
• Pirate Orientation (Tuesday) √
• Work on new exercise system
• Vacuum and clean √
• Submit contest stuff? Maybe?
• HEB for cherry soda

In addition, the laptop needs to be prepared with a number of things:

• Bio2404 files
• Bio2401 and Bio2404 lab files
• Bio2306 syllabus/etc.
• Movies for flight and visit
• MLQ files for database work

OMG SO EXCITED!

Oh man I am pumped up.  I’m worried I’m gonna forget stuff from waking up at 5AM though, so here’s the to-bring list and the to-do list:

TO BRING:

• Jerseys
• Cleats/shorts/socks
• Change of clothes
• Snitch gear
• Sports goggles
• Ice water
• Regular water
• Gatorade
• Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
• Soylent
• Energy drink (powder form)
• Ice in bags (for energy drink)

TO DO:

• Eat dinner (pasta & chicken patties & veggies)
• Get aluminum foil and anything else (another bottle?)
• Laundry (start before 8PM)
• Clean kitchen
• Prepare drinks
• Bake cookies
• Pack everything into bags
• SLEEP AT 10PM
• WAKE UP AT 5:30AM
• Shower/shave/etc.
• Prepare soylent
• LEAVE BY 6AM

Well last week’s 10 bid 1 was an unqualified disaster (mostly due to the massive MLQ workload that piled up).  I’m somewhat reluctant to even set up a new one, especially because this weekend is The Fantasy Tournament and so I won’t be able to get anything else done then.  Maybe this is more of a to-do list for the week.

• Prep 2306 syllabus
• Submit contest stuff
• Watch Ant-Man √
• Contact Grant √
• Enter MLQ data √
• Play Minecraft
• Make poster √
• Make jerseys √
• Play Massive Chalice √
• Read something fun

Proposed Schedule:

• Mon: Previous week
• Tues: Ant-Man, GET TO SLEEP EARLY MOTHERFUCKER!
• Wed: Finish jerseys, screw up trying to get to sleep early
• Thur: Try really hard to get to sleep early
• Fri: Upload MLQ data, contest, syllabus(?)
• Sat: TOURNAMENT
• Sun: TOURNAMENT???

This strategy is really helping me get stuff done, though it’s also a bit stressful so maybe I’ll take my foot off the gas a bit (though it could also be stressful on account of all the MLQ stuff that piles up)

• Make HS2 passage (at least 1, prefer 2)
• Photos of karate and iaido √
• All MLQ stuff including website √
• Moar Rock Band for realz √
• Make Regan jersey √
• Laundry √
• Run around town √
• Submit contest stuff
• 2x REAL Piano practices
• Create Bio2306 syllabus

Tentative schedule

• Mon: Finish restatting for MLQ, then photography + shopping, jersey in evening
• Tues: VC PIRATE ORIENTATION, HS2 passage
• Weds: More MLQ + Laundry
• Thurs: MLQ and piano + Rock Band
• Fri: Redo + add contest if not sooner
• Sat: Quidditch!
• Sun: Austin Quidditch!

So far the week of June 29th isn’t quite panning out so well, but that’s okay!  It’s still very motivating.  So here is the draft of the 10 bid 1 for the week of June 6th.

• Create design for EB nursing contest √
• Contribute to poster-worthy art √
• Load music onto laptop √
• Piano twice this week √
• Rock Band for reals this time √
• HS2 Passage √
• Call Jason √
• Complete Quidditch Database √
• Prepare Jovanna’s birthday present(s) √
• Either Sorcery Clans or Massive Chalice! √

Schedule

• Mon:
• Tues:
• Weds:
• Thurs: Haircut & Family Day @VC
• Fri: Team stats for INDvCLE and Rock Band
• Sat: Quidditch and Exalted!
• Sun: Austin Quidditch?

Wow, that was intense.  I somehow finished everything on that 10 bid 1 even though I stayed up until 2AM to do it (though in fairness all that caffeine from the workout drink means I was gonna stay up that late anyway).

Let’s set up the next 10 bid 1 because this is amazing!

• Get in touch with Jason about summer
• Redo tutor.prionspace.net for video and for home tutoring ~
• Quidditch drive chart and writing √
• Play ZAngband √
• Create new shelves and order shelf studs online (project canceled due to budgetary reason)
• Practice kata √
• Read something fun √
• More Rock Band!
• Contact Patrick and get oriented for HS2 passages √
• 5 Minute Lesson

I don’t really think I’m going to make it this time…

Proposed schedule:

• Mon: Stuff
• Tues: Stuff
• Weds: Stuff
• Thurs: Quidditch and whatever else
• Fri: Shopping, tutor.prionspace.net, contact Patrick and 5ML
• Sat: 4th of July Exalted and Quidditch (also CONTACT JASON)
• Sun: Austin Quidditch?? (also read and rock band apparently)

Future targets: poster/photos, paint snitch armbands, get more Velcro fabric & shorts, prep Nate’s lessons, put music on laptop

New 10 bid 1 for 6/22-6/28

• Refill asthma medications √
• Attend online thing, acquire amazon card √
• Medicate cats √ (Applied Thursday June 25th)
• 5ML intro video √
• Make all Quidditch drive charts √
• New Sorcery Clans √
• Piano before Sunday √
• Clean bathroom √
• Create custom veggie mixes √
• Prep new snitch shirt & shorts & tail √

Sidenote: intended uses for Amazon card:

• Great Book of Amber √
• Yellow and dark green headbands √
• Lightning charger √
• Darth Bane trilogy (not so much)

Estimated schedule:

• Mon: Quidditch scoring and laundry and quidditch gear
• Tues: Continue Quidditch scoring, also online thing with Sapling
• Weds: Cleanup, finish Quidditch scoring, shopping, then evening scout quidditch (?)
• Thur: More cleanup, make snitch gear, medicate cats if not already done
• Fri: Scorcery clans!
• Sat: Quidditch! Then other stuff that needs doing
• Sun: Exalted!

If I can complete all 10 items on this list this week I have earned 1 blue chip, if not I collect instead 1 red chip.

• Clean out office and collect books √
• Clean closet and create book organization structure √
• Complete all Quidditch analysis (I don’t really think this is possible, but I can at least try to get the drive data?) √
• Read Double Edged Secrets √
• Play Rock Band √
• Play Massive Chalice √
• Construct catio furniture √
• Make Victoria Quidditch video(s)
• Make Victoria Quidditch business cards √
• Make podcast √

Plus, of course, the daily workouts  😀  Let’s go!

TIMELINE

• Mon: video games
• Tues: Workout + Quidditch video
• Wed: More Quidditch? also clean + home stuff
• Thur: More cleaning + Lowes+ Catio + evening meeting
• Fri: Podcast + Business cards + Quidditch vids?
• Sat: Quidditch!
• Sun: Austin Quidditch!  SO WORTH IT!

Things that need doing soon (either this week or next week):

• Get new asthma meds
• Medicate cats

Here stands the massive to-do list.  From it I will construct smaller to-do lists on the whiteboard.  Anything marked with an asterisk is slated to be completed before May 18th, which is when summer school starts.

• Bio2404 Core Class Assessment spreadsheet*
• HS2 Passages x3* (1 of 3)
• Write and create “Graduation” *
• Exalted: WWOF prep and One-Shot to be named
• Finish up Hanging On video*
• Work on A&P Podcast
• Prep 2401 labs*
• Write 2401 lab exams*
• Prep 2306 lectures
• Revive 5 Minute Lessons
• Complete victoriaquidditch.org*
• Quidditch business cards
• Quidditch how to play video
• Quidditch mugshots/bios/pictures
• Read karate and WW2 books
• Read Inheritance Cycle
• Clean office
• Prep Blackboard for summer*
• Prep Blackboard for fall
• Watch Daredevil on Netflix

Plus the usual laundry, errands, etc. including the shopping list on the whiteboard already.  Keep populating the to-do list!

I hear tell that faculty can take classes at VC for free.  Need to check in with HR about how this works.  I’m going to compile the list of classes that catch my eye here.

• PHED 1110: Self Defense (currently can’t take it because it’s TR evening)
• COSC 1437: Programming Fundamentals II (Java) (Mon/Wed evening fits schedule, may be a lot of commitment for fall though)
• MUSI 1182: Class Piano (only offered in Spring semesters apparently, darn)
• MUSI 2181: Class Piano Part 2 (offered in Fall semesters, could follow up part 1)
• EMT Certification (can’t seem to find easy info on class registration, may be through a different system)
• ARTS 1316: Drawing I and ARTS 1317: Drawing II (currently conflict with work)
• ARTS 2346: Ceramics I (Mon/Wed evening fits schedule, may be a lot of commitment)
• PHED 1119: Weight/Fitness training (works well in schedule but may conflict with Quidditch)
• (there’s also a morning edition of PHED 1119 this fall but 9:25AM on my long days sounds like no fun at all)

There’s also the issue that I am considering getting my Masters in Kinesiology online (possibly at UT Tyler) which would squeeze the time, but I’m not planning on starting that until Fall 2016 at the earliest so I have the next academic year to try some stuff.

Currently leaning towards the programming class (though that may be in jeopardy depending on how many units/etc we get for free…)

*UPDATE*: It does indeed look like I can take one class (even a lecture/lab combo) for free, but I’m now concerned about time for exercise and for Quidditch.

I still want to run weekly Quidditch in the fall, which means leaving either Monday or Wednesday afternoon open in some way (probably Wednesday?) which makes the afternoon PE workout class a bit risky.  Conversely, if I leave the afternoons open and take the programming class in the evenings of Mon/Wed, it puts any exercise routine at severe risk (and also makes virtually impossible any way to practice martial arts).