I was awfully tired last…

I was awfully tired last night; I tried to watch the first episode of Dead Like Me with Karina and Kev after putting the kids to bed, but fell asleep halfway through. Woke up at 3:30 because Anand was crying -- my fault, as we'd gotten behind in laundry, I'd put him to bed in just a t-shirt and diaper, and he had pulled off the diaper and peed his bed in the middle of the night. He was not pleased. I got him cleaned up, re-diapered, and got him back to bed (more laundry, sigh), and then I was wide awake. So, awake -- tea and breakfast and sorting laundry (Kev and I both did loads yesterday, and I thought we were all done for a bit, but apparently not) and emptying the dishwasher and watching an episode of Haven and it's not even six yet. If I could get by on six hours of sleep a night, I could get so much done. Ah well.

We're making good progress on this week's house projects. I cleared some of the mudroom yesterday, enough to at least get through it and take some things down to the basement. And then Kevin cleared the rest while I was sleeping last night, hooray! We still have more trash than there's room for in our trash cans, but I think trash might get picked up this morning, if I'm remembering the new schedule right, and then I can refill our trash can again. Although, hey -- here's a question. This week we must have thrown away something that wasn't well-sealed -- maybe raw chicken bits? I don't know, but our exterior trash can is horribly disgusting -- it smells foul and the interior has a ton of tiny slug-like things. It is so gross that I can barely stand it. Presumably the nice trash people will dump out whatever's in it, but I bet that won't get rid of the little slugs. Ick. What should I do? Hose it down? I admit, I'm sort of afraid that if I spray it hard with the hose, the little slugs will fly all over the place and maybe even end up on me, and I will scream and dance around like a freak because I may be tough in other ways but I am totally a wuss when it comes to slimy bugs. Thoughts?

Anyway, to-do list for the rest of the week:

• 10 - call Swati re: YA -- DONE
• noon - blinds guy comes here -- DONE
• 1 - go renew driver's license -- DONE

House stuff:

• empty library mantel -- DONE
• organize and clear pantry -- DONE
• wash Anand's bedding and remake bed -- DONE
• put away sorted laundry -- DONE
• vacuum library carpet -- DONE
• move bookshelves from front room to basement

• hang curtain rod in my study
• organize and clear eat-in area
• organize and clear master bath
• return brackets to Lowes; buy toilet paper holder for kids' bath, shower enclosure for clawfoot tub
• Target: buy tall canisters for various beans & nuts, buy picture frames, plastic swimming pool
• return curtains / brackets to IKEA; buy rug

Work stuff:

• finalize ASAM brochure
• make good progress on ASAM web page
• e-mail DesiLit Chicago re: next year's schedule
• e-mail Pomegranate crew re: reviving org.
• e-mail Neil re: SLF reading series
• revise "Princess in the Forest" for Vandana's anthology
• finish draft of story started yesterday; erotic gay fairy tale for Cecilia's anthology

40th party stuff:

• figure out when everyone's arriving in town and how they're getting here
• collect borrowed air mattresses / bedding from Simone and Rupa
• Thurs: count people coming, buy groceries for Friday night dinner, Saturday brunch
• Fri: clear playroom and set up air mattresses for guests
• Sat afternoon: buy groceries for Saturday night dinner, Sunday tea party