Three things I can cross off my To Do List: I transferred the allotted amount of money into my IRA yesterday, I finished reading Animal Farm, and I returned the extra text book to Borders. Yay me! Tonight I have to go workout, or I'd Jiffy Lube my car, and be able to cross one more thing off. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow.

Speaking of the To Do List, I've given it its own page. Now I can keep better track of things that need to get done. I've added my Resolutions & Fitness Goals, and Classic Books Reading List as well. It helps when I have a list in front of me, or easily accessible. I think the problem I've had with keeping my resolutions or meeting my goals in the past, is that I've forgotten what I resolved to do, or what my goals were. Out of sight is truly out of mind for me! If it's not right in front of my face all the time, I completely forget about it! And, so, a new section for my lists!

Last night being Thursday I had intended to do Farmer's Market. However, since I had to return that book to Borders, I decided instead to have dinner at Tahoe Joe's and browse through Gottschalks, Payless Shoes and Name Brand Shoes, and not fight the crowds downtown. I was hoping to find some cute new pointy-toed shoes, because I'm really in the mood for cute new pointy-toed shoes (and, OMG, this lady outside Tahoe Joe's had on the cutest pair of pink suede pointy-toed pumps with a pink ribbon around the top! She said she got them at Macy's, but the closest Macy's is Santa Barbara (for now; we're supposed to be getting a Macy's here soon!), and I can't just go running all the way down to Santa Barbara to look for cute shoes. Can I? Probably not. What's even worse is they're not on the website either. Sadness!), but both Payless and Name Brand were completely devoid of cute shoes – pointy-toed or otherwise - and while Gottschalks had some cute shoes, they were way out of my poverty-ridden price range.

*Sigh*

Anyway, it's Friday, so that at least is cause for celebration. Right?

Reading: You've Got to Read This ed. by Ron Hansen. This week's stories are "Goodbye, My Brother" by John Cheever, and "Paper Garden" by Jerome Wilson, as well as three short stories submitted by classmates.

Classic Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell. FINISHED!!!

Listening to: Nothing.

Writing: Working on "False Memories." For now.

Gratitude: Crossing stuff off my lists!