Brains!

Okay so...I had a growing pain in my lower back. I don't know what else it could have been. Over night it moved to my left hip area, at that point I realized, ahha! growing pain. I've just never had one there before, so it was kinda scary. I was mentally nutz, had a crap load of caffeine and sugar yesterday so I didn't sleep till about 5 this morning, and had to get up to take my car in at 7:45am.

Needless to say, I'm exhausted. But I keep looking at my TO DO list pinned to my bulletin board. It was a rather successful system for me my last year of college. Due to procrastination, I'd end up with a page worth of crap to get done in one week. Pinning the list to my bulletin board behind my lap top ensured a daily guilt trip needed to get my ass in to gear. I'd open WoW, engage in a staring contest with the list, and ultimately lose. Then I'd set about loading all my work up and head off to the Cart Lab where I'd spend wonderful hours working. My most successful days were spent here. Ahh the cartography lab, with those wonderful westward facing windows. On stormy days, rain would come pouring onto the panes adding to the drama of a north coast storm, while on clear days you could see all the way out to the dunes, the bay and Eureka

Anyway I side track. The TO DO list I have written up for today, all involves money. It's the most depressing thing I've ever looked at. Volvo, Work, Health insurance are some of the major bullets with lotsa steps in between. Unlike school work, where all the resources were at my finger tips whenever I needed, I'm sort of helpless about most of the items. Until calls/emails are returned, cameras are replaced, insurance is purchased, and paychecks come, I just get more and more anxious.