It’s been one month already and I’ve accomplished exactly two things on this list.

• completely dead laptop that still has files I need (pending)
• oven—the striker for the gas oven won’t turn off after the gas lights, but keeps clicking throughout. I’m still waiting for the guy to come back with the magical part he needs to fix it. (pending)
• cello bridge (pending)
• stereo (pending)
• various mug handles and other bits of easily-fixed pottery (pending—the joy of slate floors)
• teapot lid (mostly fixed, but one small piece fell out last week, so pending)
• Crazy (possible liver and kidney in progress she’s all better now, and I don’t even have to pill her anymore!)
• Palm Zire 31 screen (replaced Zire, but planning on getting the other Zire’s screen fixed for backup, so pending)
• my muscles (and no doubt other aspects of my health since I’ve been subsisting mostly on cereal and not exercising, even though I have all this time to do nothing but cook heathful meals and exercise and do yoga—my jeans are starting to feel tight. Not good.)
• Replace lights in hall (pending completed)
• brackets for curtain rod (pending)

• buttons to replace (pending)
• winter boots: fix zipper (pending, but must do this soon!)
• other clothes to mend (pending)

A bunch of these things require me to get dressed and take things places. Why is this so hard?