summer goals

i have exactly one week left until school starts. my schedule this upcoming semester sucks. *whine whine whine* i'll just have to enjoy this last week the best i can.

so about those summer goals i had...

FAIL:

• find an internship.
  i sent out close to 20 resumes. i got one interview. for an unpaid internship. it did not pan out.
• teach myself some software so i won't be as frantic trying to learn as i go this coming semester.
  i maybe watched one tutorial. i did not follow along as i watched.
• use the laser cutter and leftover school materials to make some personal stationery and cards.
  i thought about it a lot, but i didn't even sketch it.
• plant some herbs in pots for the porch/yard.
  mother bear gave us some potted thai chili plants this weekend. the bear is taking care of them.
• draw and paint for fun.
  nope.
• clean regularly.
  ha. i did clean, but not regularly. and we even hired someone to clean the new place when we moved in. heh.
• exercise.
  i didn't get my butt in gear until a couple of weeks ago. and i'm now only averaging about 2-3 times a week.
• read some school-related stuff including headache-inducing but brain-stimulating theory.
  besides skimming blogs, nope.
  

in-progress/might be accomplished within the next week:

• organize music library (rip all CDs, edit all ID3 tags and obtain album art, figure out what to load on the ipod nano vs. the iphone).
  tedium ad nauseum. if i had a personal assistant as anal as i am, i would definitely add this to his/her list.
  
• organize computer files (between all three), back stuff up onto multiple external hard drives, give the bear a list of folders for auto backup so he can setup my auto backups.
  another task for my imaginary assistant.
  
• make progress on never ending freelance project.
  i did make decent progress but not as much as i wanted to.
  

done:

• take a photo class.
  fun!
  
• streamline email accounts and clean up saved email.
  we'll see if i can maintain it during the school year, though.
• get a haircut.
• read for fun.
  on top of the ones i wrote about earlier this summer, i have since also finished michael pollan's in defense of food and am now reading the omnivore's dilemma.
• bake a cake.
  baked a few, tyvm.
  
• cook most weeknights and eat with the bear.
• hang out with the bear.
  so much that i think he might be sick of me being home all the time. we both like having alone time and space. but he'll miss me soon enough.
  
• sleep.
  this one i did a lot of.

done + in-progress > FAIL. at least if you just count the bullets. yay! i win!