Tue Apr 18, continued - I never made it to the actual park itself in time to meet up with friends, but I was nearly there when they phoned to say they were on their way to Starbucks. So I pulled in to the coffee shop in time to walk up and order at the same time as every one else. Excellent! Hanging out and catching up with Raph, Diego, Marcos, and Raz was lovely. Then Elisheva arrived later, and we wrapped my fleece jacket around both of us and I kept her warm in the chilly evening air. My friends rock.

Wed Apr 19 - I did have to do a strange home-trick to manage my hummingbird schedule: Just sleeping on the couch fully clothed, so I never fully sleep too deeply and my alarm actually gets through to my consciousness. Because I almost hate to admit, I was finally going to sleep around 1 am and needed to be up and out the door *super* early to keep working on deadlines at work. And yup, my trick worked again: I actually =heard= the alarm at 5, was out the door before 6, and was in the office before 7. Yay me.

I managed to finish the last of everything for the final beta reviews in time (yippee!), and continued my over-drive on organizing for my lunch hour [which I took at my desk and never got up for lunch]. It's what I like to call my "Paper Errands," those tasks that gather themselves in little stacks and folders, waiting for my attention.

There is something so wonderful about conquering the blizzards of scrap papers that swirl and threaten to drown me in snowdrifts of unattended tasks.

Email this person here, jot this note into my dayrunner, make this phone call, put postage on this and finally respond. I may have finally tracked down the problem with some software that I never received in December [my mail center signed for it, lost it, and plans to reimburse me the almost $50 I paid in the first place]; tracked down how to get some direct deposit paperwork finished; sent a few faxes—things like this. It's always a reason to celebrate when I finish several paper errands and clear out a folder or two. *dances a little jig*

Jessica and I have settled into little encouraging emails for Daily Accountability for getting the paper in our lives under control. I remembered to bring her "Organizing from the Inside Out" by Julie Morgenstein (thank you, Dayle!), and she's already finding things in the book that make sense to her. Between Jessica and Craig at work, and Caterina for my home encouragement, I think I've really got a team of friends that will be motivation for my ongoing organizing tasks.

And tonight it's dinner with Eric and Jade, friends from my last job. I've been at the "new" job for over a year now, and it's nice to maintain friendships still with folks from the last one. That doesn't happen all that often, does it? that we manage to keep in touch with friends from years gone by? Hmm.

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Today's Blessing That I'm Thankful For: Yvonne, for understanding and being flexible. Oh! And Google finally came out with Calendar functionality! Yippee!
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Exercise: I'll need to go walking tonight after dinner with Eric.
Weight Loss This Week: Wed 4/19 18.2 total lost (up 0.8 from yesterday) Argh. I hope this is all muscle weight! *laughs*