Cold. Wet. Grey. That’s my prediction. ‘Course I’m not a certified weather liar, I’ve been right more often than wrong, but I blew it big time yesterday. It was 46F when I headed to bed, and had been for hours, so I took the safe bet. 45F and wet.
I did get a bunch of stuff done yesterday, even with the late start. Some of it just took longer than I hoped so I’m still behind where I wanted to be. Got a bunch of work done in the kitchen. Hopefully I can finish buttoning up the wall and finally install the dishwasher.
If I can do that, I can get some other cleaning and organizing stuff done before I leave. I’d like to be in north Houston by 2pm, unless I blow off that pickup and spend more time up here. I feel like I need to get home though. Presents to wrap, house to get ready for mom… etc. The pickup gives me a deadline.
I really need external deadlines. Something in my personality, but it made me good at project work. If left to set my own deadlines, I tend to slip the heII out of the schedule. 🙂
Since prepping is usually open ended, I often find myself with slipping deadlines. That and general laziness mixed with weariness can leave me with things that should be done going undone. Gotta fight it, but it’s tiring to keep up the pace all the time. I guess that’s why I believe in a general preparedness rather than preparing for one particular scenario. If that one scenario doesn’t have a date attached, or if the date comes and goes, the prepping can suffer. But if you are prepped to a basic level, then whatever happens you are likely covered – at least partially. And some is always better than none when it comes to preps.
Keep plugging away at it, maintain forward progress, and stack it up.
nick