Lists. I Make Them.

It is FINALLY Thursday. It has been a REALLY long week. I have failed miserably at accomplishing most of my To Do list, which looks like this:

Monday:
Work (check)
Chiropractic appt (check)
Start writing required essay
Cleaning
Grocery Shopping

Tuesday:
Work (check)
Pottery class
Work on essay

Wednesday:
Work (check)
Homework (half check, because I did most of the required reading in the 45 minutes I had to spare between work and school)
Class (check)

And this is the list of things I have to do over the weekend:

Chiro. appt on Thursday after work
Write required essay (first draft only)
Grocery shopping (don't forget stamps and toothpaste!)
Buy and mail birthday card for the Shnookie Shnook
Cleaning (bathroom, kitchen, bedroom)
Brunch with the girls on Saturday
Laundry
Catch up on writing assignments I've been neglecting b/c they aren't due until the end of the semester
Have a social life
Post pictures of T's Tea Party on FB
Blog abt Halloween
Organize spare bedroom
Return Halloween costumes
Mail bills
Write for fun!
Clean out car
Start planning for Christmas (decor, gifts)

Now, I may be a list maker, and that's all fine and good, but when it comes to accomplishing the full list...well, I'm not so good at that part. I'm so not good at it, in fact, that I generally add things that have already been accomplished so that I can check them off the list. Pathetic? Maybe a little. Okay, a lot because I put things like "Make To Do List" and "Get Dressed." Surely things like that don't actually count, but like I said: It's nice to be able to check off some of the items on the list.

I really do need to get that stuff done. Not in any particular order, though, and things like cleaning out the car and organizing my spare bedroom aren't exactly time sensitive, so they likely won't get done this weekend. The really time sensitive issues are grocery shopping and cleaning, which always seem to be on the list. Seriously. Why can't my refrigerator just stay stocked and the house stay clean? That would make my life so much easier.

So, even though I make lists of things that don't actually get accomplished, that doesn't mean I don't get anything done. I don't need a list to get things done. I just need a list to keep track of all the things that need to be done. You see, if I write it down there is a permanent record of it at least. That way, should I forget (which is likely), I may stumble upon the list sometime in the future and be reminded. So I guess "need to be done" is too strong a phrase. It's more like things I want to do, or could stand to do, or probably should do, but not necessarily NEED to do. For example: I have made more than one list of all the different types of lists I want to make. What does that even look like? This:

List of Lists:
Bedroom Furniture to be buying
Office Furniture to be buying
Living Room Furniture to be buying
Crochet Projects in Progress
Crochet Projects to be finishing
Party Theme Ideas
Decorating Accessories
Household Things to be buying (sheets, towels, etc.)
Art Supply Restocking Needs
Christmas Gifts for Fam/Friends
Pieces to be made in Pottery

Etc., etc., etc. You get the point, which is that I'm a list making fool. Judge me if you will, I can take it.