Monday, September 22, 2008

A Very Important To-Do List

I believe firmly in spending your birthday doing all of the things you like best and planting seeds for the coming year. Here, then, is my schedule for today, which I officially have off work:

8:15 a.m.: Get up -- check
8:20 a.m.: Go for run -- check
9 a.m.: Return, shower, eat breakfast, check e-mail -- check
9:52 a.m.: Blog (evidently)
10 a.m.: Line-edit a lovely book (Sara Lewis Holmes's The New Recruit)
Noonish: Prep for rest of day
12:30: Head into Manhattan
1 p.m.: Have lunch with friends from work
2 p.m.: Spend the afternoon at MoMA
5:30 p.m.: Something of unutterable awesomeness, still to be determined
7:30 p.m.: Dinner with James and more dear friends
9:50 p.m.: See a Bollywood movie (maybe) -- Loins of Punjab Presents

Not a bad way to begin my thirtieth year on earth, I hope.

Wishing you all equally productive and pleasurable days!

21 comments:

  1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (From someone in the RMC-SCBWI who enjoys your blog immensely.) ~Cheryl

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  2. And, Happy Birthday, from someone who has used a lot of your writing advice. Thank you so much. Hope your day is great.
    Sheryl VanVleck

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  3. Happy Birthday, hope you have an amazing day!

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  4. Ooooooh. Nice list.
    Happy Birthday! belatedly (since, glancing at your schedule, I'm guessing you won't see this today.)
    Hope the MoMA and Movie will have been great.

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  5. Happy Birthday! Here's to three times thirty more years and more fun, from another blog fan.

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  6. Happy birthday, Cheryl. My sister turns 40 today.

    Haven't been reading many blogs lately (or posting poems on them), but yours has remained one of my favorites.

    Wishing you the very best!

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  7. Um . . . I didn't see cake on the list. Will there be cake?

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  8. Happy Birthday, Cheryl. Thirty years ago was one of the best days of our family life!

    Love

    Mom and Dad

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  9. Happy Birthday, Cheryl! Have a great day, and thanks for always being so helpful and generous.

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  10. Happy Birthday to you,
    Cheryl Dee-doo,
    You're 30, but really
    you look 22. :)

    Have a great day!

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  11. Happy birthday! From another Colorado fan of your blog and advice. May your 30th year bring you much happiness.

    Jenn

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  12. Congrats! Hope it was a lovely, awesome day and a harbinger of a beautiful year.

    pj

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  13. Happy Birthday!
    Thanks for blogging today and including us in your birthday fun.

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  14. Happy Birthday Cheryl -- sorry things didn't work out!

    Hope you had a great start to the big 3-0.

    Kimberly J Smith
    sydneywakefield.com

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  15. Happy Birthday from a huge fan of your blog!!!

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  16. Many Happy Returns of the Day, Friend! I hope it was a high water mark!
    .
    Let us know how Loins of Punjab Presents turns out. Have you seen Bride and Prejudice? If not, run our and get it. It's fluffy as all get out but good fun, none the less.
    .
    What was at the MOMA?
    .
    Marilyn.

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  17. Happy Birthday! Looks like an enjoyable schedule!

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  18. happy birthday (sorry I'm late), hope you received heaps of presents

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  19. Happy Birthday Princess Cheryl!
    From all the Iowa Kleins

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  20. BOLLYWOOD BIRTHDAY !!!
    Once again, another great
    tip. Hope your celebration
    was bubbly delicious fun.
    It sure looked like
    it would be.
    topangamaria

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