To-Do list fails to get shorter

1. Finish DIY
   1. Make doors with existing cladding and battens
   2. Buy more cladding to finish panelling the wall
   3. Buy some sort of coving to trim the edges
2. Finish tidying bedrooms: ours and spare
3. Laundry:
   1. Put away clean
   2. Launder dirty (I hung out three loads this morning; then the line was full)
   3. Take winter duvet to laundrette
4. Call town hall and
   1. Get florist details
   2. Arrange to view rooms with mother-in-law on 31st
   3. Set up meeting with caterer
5. Other wedding plans:
   1. Post Mum and sister's plane tickets
   2. Post wedding invitation
   3. Get details of train we need to take to start our honeymoon (from Rob) and buy tickets and reserve seats (from train people)
6. Do one hour of study before Saturday's tutorial
7. Find, buy or steal toothbrush. Teeth all furry. Yuck.
8. Wash dishes, dammit

Substandard assignment, soft marking

I got 70% on that terrible assignment I did; I suspect I got points for above-average literacy and for obviously not being thick, rather than for having read and understood the material (I didn't read it all, so obviously I couldn't fake it), having constructed a coherent argument (I didn't; I sketched an outline of a coherent argument), or buying the teacher an apple.

Even so, it's a relief to know that I didn't fail, even if it necessarily devalues the 80% I got last time.

Reflections on housekeeping

Forgive me for being list-happy; it's easier than real entries.

1. It is much easier to keep everything in its place when everything has a place.
2. No household task takes more than 20 minutes. If it does, it's more than one task and should be rewarded as such.
3. Yes, I should be rewarded for household tasks. If I got someone else to do it, I'd pay them, wouldn't I?
4. People will forgive a lot if they can see you're in the middle of a major DIY project.
5. Or if you feed them.
6. I will forgive myself a lot if I get the dining table clear and usable once every day.
7. When the weather is good, we can eat in the garden.
8. Clean underwear is laundry's most valuable reward.
9. I hate carpets and must get rich and buy wooden flooring.