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.

(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.

(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