To-Do List That Woke Me From A Dead Sleep This Morning

1. Clean out small dormer off our bedroom that will be baby's nursery.
2. Wait, first clean bedroom of random boxy clutter to make room for stuff that will be coming out of dormer.
3. No wait, first label boxes of clothes that have been sitting in corner of bedroom waiting for labels to go down to the basement.
4. Sh*t. Buy freaking tape for labelmaker already.
5. Okay, next. Put bassinet together.
6. Wait, first yell at husband for not hermetically sealing bassinet while in dusty storage. Make him vacuum it.
7. Re-vacuum it myself because I am insane.
8. Put it together. Without a manual and surely missing hardware and/or pieces.
9. Swear. A lot.
10. Move on to the glider. Repeat #8 and #9.
11. Knit and/or crochet something for the baby.
12. First find yarn stash in boxy clutter in guest room/office.
13. Wait, must clear out and re-organize guest room/office. It's been four weeks since it was painted and new shelving put in and everything is still on the floor.
14. Sew curtains for the dormer nursery.
15. Who the f*ck knows where my fabric is? Uh, or sewing machine for that matter.
16. See #13.
17. Really truly sit down and talk about choosing a name for the baby.
18. Wait, make short list first.
19. Must go on Nymbler.com to make short list. Will not spend more than an hour.
20. Wait, last time I went on that site I spent three hours and the list had 60 names. Do not go back there.
21. Finish the motherflipping wedding photo album.
22. Just paste the pictures in randomly, you crazy OCD nutbag!!
23. Stop crying. Just put the stuff away and resolve to do it sometime before the 10th anniversary.
24. Find infant carseat.
25. Wait, doesn't it have a base thingy too? Find that.
26. And that little neck donut. Where is that?
27. Launder everything in the house. Including dog.
28. Find Baby Bjorn and sling.
29. Wait, I think I want one of those Ergo carriers this time. Make time to get online.
30. Research double strollers while you're looking for Ergo carrier.
31. Do not, repeat, do not go on Nymbler while you are doing these tasks.
32. Three words: New. Digital. Camera. Research that too.
33. Wait, make budget for new baby purchases.
34. Ha! Make a budget. That's a good one. Just forget about new purchases. Drop massive hints to family instead.

There's much, much, much more but I'll stop. Have to go scrub the bathroom now.

Comments

[Assertagirl]

Ahhhhh that's quite a list. Virtual hugs, 'cause I can't just come over to help.

[Orange]

All right, how much of that have you actually done, and how much is just wishful musing? That sounds like at least two weeks of tasks to me!

[LetterB]

Um, I haven't done any of them yet. Except I think with this post I can scratch off #34.

[Siskita]

You must be a cool mom - lots a'humor!

[supa]

sounds a lot like my second trimester. nesting freakout city. don't worry, it *will* all get accomplished (the important stuff, anyway).

just, um, not in one day.

[Chair]

I think you just reminded me of about 20 things I need to add to my list. I've been thinking about pulling crap out of the garage for a while but keep thinking, eh, I have X months left before I really need to worry about that. Besides, where would I put it all? Hm. Where AM I going to put The Bean when s/he arrives? Hm.

Eh, I have 3 months to figure it out... gonna go nap.

[braine]

Anyone taking bets? A week?

[Jill]

Nesting!
You're the mothaflippin'...

[Scott]

I have a friend - we'll call him Eric - who makes up lists like this to do, thinking he'll get it all done in a couple of hours. We call it "Eric Time." I'd say at 3:00pm "Hey, wanna come over for a nightcap this eve?" His reply would be "Sure, I need to practice and go for a run, I should wash the truck and the dog, I'd like a nap, and I need to proofread an article I'm going to submit. So...I'll see you around 7:00?" Yeah. 'Round about 9:30 he'd call to say he wasn't coming over. :-) Prepping is good...with a huge dose of reality thrown in. I liked your post, though, it made ME laugh, even if YOU aren't! Thanks for the Friday humor.

[E.]

Oh, man. I was so there about two weeks ago. Now that I'm four days past my due date everything is done, and I'm just waiting. Well, everything crucial. I still don't have the big brother's photo album anywhere near up to date (I'm about two years behind), but the actual baby-related stuff is done.

And I totally want an Ergo carrier. But that can wait 'til later, after the sling then the Bjorn do their jobs...

[Alexa]

This was hilarious. Wish I lived nearby, I love cleaning/organizing (when it isn't my own stuff...)

[Kyran]

awesome (for us, not you). I just sk-rted it.

xo

[BOSSY]

Bossy loves this - so true... the tapestry of tasks.