First things first …

I’m expecting to have a little breathing room this week. Regular classes at the high school where I teach are over for the year, and the kids are writing exams. I usually don’t get a lot of work during exam time, and I might even be finished teaching for the year. (I never really know when it’s over until it’s, well, over.) That just leaves me with the university courses in the schedule, and my stats classes have been cancelled for this week as my prof is away. I still have a lot of studying and assignments to do, but that’s a couple of blocks of time on the calendar that have been freed up.

So … I’m planning. If I have a plan, things go well. If I don’t have a plan, I wind up playing The Sims 2 for eight-hour stretches. (No, I am not exaggerating. Ask Hubby.)

One of the first things I really need to do is to get this office of mine cleaned out and up, and turn it into a functional space. I have yet to decide if I’m going to post “before” and “after” pictures, but let’s just say it’s really hard to be efficient and creative in here the way it is now. I’ll need to work on it for about two solid days, without much interruption, because as soon as I lose my focus, the Procrastination Fairy takes over.

So I’m making up my list, and going from there. One of the things I want in My Created Life is a house that feels like a home. Warm and cozy, with the added benefit of letting people in without fear they’ll tell Oprah on me.

And once the house is under control, and the office is a space I can actually work in, it’ll be a whole lot of head clutter out of the way, too.

My goal date for having the house cleaned up and a happy place is June 30. Please hold me to it.