Nov 16 (Th) To-Do List
Valerie Tauro | Spring 2024
8:00 PM: Arrive home → dinner by 9, bed by 10
8:15 8:20 PM: Shower
8:30 8:40 PM: Call parents
9:00 PM: Eat dinner still on the phone with parents
9:22 PM: Scroll through Instagram
9:45 PM: Do dishes shuffle to the kitchen
Hover
10:00 PM: Go to bed dinner
Leftover mac and cheese
Note to self: Toss out moldy cucumbers from last month (tomorrow’s priority)
10:10 PM: Watch just one episode → bed by 11
11:00 PM: Go to bed start second episode
11:45 PM: Go to bed do dishes while waiting for the bathroom
Finish dishes and pace while waiting
11:55 PM: Lay in bed to wait
11:56 PM: Bathroom free
12:05 AM: Go to bed get in bed
Grab phone to set alarm
Note to self: DO NOT open YouTube
12:11 AM: Open YouTube
Scroll for the next hour
1:15 AM: Start philly cheesesteak episode from “Binging with Babish”
1:20 AM: Go to bed switch to ramen videos
1:55 AM: Go to bed go back to philly cheesesteak episode
2:00 AM: Put phone down and roll over
Try not to think about philly cheesesteaks and ramen
2:03 AM: Go to bed roll back over and grab phone to check time
Repeat at will for 10 minutes
2:14 AM: Go to bed open YouTube
Note to self: DO NOT watch ramen videos
2:19 AM: Watch ramen videos
2:22 AM: Go to bed march to the kitchen
Startle at the sight of roommate
(me) What are you doing here?
(her) Homework. What are you doing here? I thought you went to bed?
(me) I got hungry.
(her) I’m kind of hungry, too.
(me) Want ramen?
(her) Sure.
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(me) There’s only one left. Split it? Or no, it may not be enough. You can have it.
(her) I don’t feel like getting up.
(me) I’ll make it for you.
(her) What are you gonna have?
(me) I’ve got a little pasta left in the pantry.
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(her) Thanks, dude.
2:27 AM: Scrounge for things to add while pasta boils
2:35 AM: Sit down with salty, buttery, spicy, peppery, cheesy, saucy pasta
Finish philly cheesesteak episode
2:45 AM: Do dishes
2:50 AM: Go to bed