Figure out Life, the Universe and Everything. By this weekend, if possible.Oh, right. Like I can just check that one off a list.
Make a more manageable list of things I can start to do to figure out Life, the Universe and Everything.Is there even a starting point to that? What’s with figuring everything out? Can you maybe do something about the spare bedroom or getting the hose in the back yard fixed?
Figure out what I wantRiiiight. I can figure that out and check it right off.
Let’s go with doing something about the spare bedroom. That’s task driven. That’s something that I need to do, and it can be broken into easy chunks.
- Empty out the dresser
- Take the dresser to Good Will
- Clean out the closet
- Put the file cabinet in the closet
- Paint the room
- Clean the carpet
- Clean the blinds in both bedrooms.
- Actually, no. Take the blinds down in my room
That is incredibly fucking boring, but it’s a workable list.
What do you mean, it feels like I’m hiding something? I’m just being practical. Maybe I’m not feeling like introspection right now. I don’t care if you don’t believe me. In fact, I feel another list coming on.
The back yard. It needs work. A lot of work.
- Get a shit ton of concrete blocks, rebar, liquid nails and cardboard
- Someone must have a truck you can borrow to haul it all home
- Build the raised beds
- Make sure there is plenty of ibuprofen in the house
- Do you suppose anyone loves you enough to help?
- Oh. Right. Get a shit ton of compost and potting soil to put in the raised beds
- Cover them with plastic so the soil heats up
- Power wash the patio. Shit
- Get the hose fixed so you can do #8
- Clean the fucking gutters
- Get a better attitude about home maintenance
- Stop whining
- Clean the screens and windows
- Repaint the metal chairs
- Find a chainsaw and cut down that stupid walnut tree before it gets any bigger
- Think about plants
- Put new latches on the gates, or at least new latch strings
- Figure out something to deal with the sprinkler system
Maybe I am avoiding something. No, I am really not. I just don’t feel like writing it down. I want to keep it. I don’t even really want to think about it too hard. I just want to see what happens. Maybe watch an episode of “the IT Crowd” or something.
Sooooo, what about the living room? I mean, while you are being bored anyway, I might as well go all out.
- Figure out what to put in instead of those awful blinds.
- Clean the window tracks
- Clean the inside of the windows
That just leaves the front.
- Clean the front porch
- Paint it
- Replace the porch and garage lights
- Clean the house numbers and screw them down properly
- Power wash the driveway
I feel like taking a trip. Maybe North. I never go North. Something good could be there. Poutine. Back bacon. Eskimos. Who knows?