7 Perfectly pathetic goals for this week

May 15, 2011

Or, It’s a day of rest, yo.

Since I skipped Fake It Friday and wrote a real post this week, I am indulging in “Slack Off Sunday.” I’m pretty worn out from last week. Work was harder than usual, the house got trashed, and Mr. R has been working until around 8 p.m. most days, leaving me a quivering pile of room-temperature Jell-O without a scrap of ambition. So I give to you my list of ridiculously simple crap I want to accomplish this week:

1. Feed the children. Every day.

2. Clean clothes for all!

3. Vacuum the couch cushions and clean out anything that might be hiding under there. Ha, just checking to see if you’re paying attention. No way am I doing that this week.

4. No ice cream sandwich wrappers on the living room couches. That one I can probably do.

5. Reschedule hair appointment because those gray hairs are popping up quicker than birthers at a . . . well, let’s not go there because I’m too tired to deal with the fallout.

6. Toilet paper! On the roll!

7. Drinks will be poured into glasses, not gained by sticking one’s head under the kitchen faucet. The glasses will be clean.

Have a great Sunday, everybody. I am excited about my blog this week because I’m scheduled to have two guest writers that I really enjoy in the next few days. Also, today marks the midpoint of the blogathon, which means it’s all downhill from here. Of course, on my blog, every day is downhill anyway.

What are your minimum standards for the coming week?

Jackie Dishner on May 15, 2011 at 11:27 am

Minimum standards for the coming week. Ah, that’s a tough one:

I will put dishes in the sink when I’m dining alone and not leave them on the coffee table.

I will take out the trash in time this week.

I will put the clothes in the closet after I take them out of the dryer, instead of leaving them on my bedroom chair, even though they are folded neatly.

Those three I can probably handle.

Haley | Girl About the World on May 15, 2011 at 11:43 am

Love it. Some weeks you just have to take it easy. This week, I will clear the clothes off my bed and put them in the closet where they belong.

Two Hands and a Roadmap on May 15, 2011 at 1:22 pm

Jackie and Haley, those are the kinds of goals I’m talking about. A little more ambitious than my own, but that’s OK. It takes all kinds.

Oh what the hell? Birthers at a tent revival. There. I feel better.

Rachel Vidoni on May 15, 2011 at 1:28 pm

Since it’s supposed to rain all week:

Goal 1: Try not to be depressed because it’s going to rain all week.

Goal 2: Kick a walking path through our toyroom. I’m currently high-stepping over things, which is waayyy too reminiscent of exercise.

Goal 3: Ummm…Ummm.

Yeah. Those two goals should keep me busy this week.

Jan Udlock on May 15, 2011 at 2:58 pm

I loved your post today. It’s very ambitious for a Sunday. I do love lists…maybe I’ll write a list post.

Thank you for the reminder that we are half way done. Lately, I keep checking to see if we are 3/4 of the way done. I forget what a long haul this is to blog every day.

Rest up.
jan

Dad on May 15, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Birthers at a tent revival? Oh,ouch. Kenya really expect me to let that go? I’ll try. God help me…I’ll try.

Love,
Dad

Two Hands and a Roadmap on May 15, 2011 at 3:58 pm

Rachel, your Goal #1 applies here too. It’s been raining for a month. Seriously, I’m over it.

Jan, list posts are nice and easy, aren’t they?

Dad, thanks for withholding the long-form response.

Tracy O'Connor on May 15, 2011 at 6:13 pm

On May 31st all four of my younger children will begin day camp/day care at the same location.

Two months of no longer having to drop everything and go pick somebody up every two hours.

Two months of having at least four eight hour days to be all by myself.

So, for the next two weeks I’m unapologetically letting everything go to hell because come May 31st I’ll have zillions and zillions of hours to pick up the pieces.

OTOH, on August 8 when school begins expect mournful post about how I wasted all the free time reading gossip sites and have never been more behind.

Anjuli on May 15, 2011 at 7:54 pm

You had me laughing throughout your list!!! Thank you- what a great post …hey, I’m easy to please I look forward to each and every post you do for the rest of the blogathon.