A day in the life of this history grad student.

In an attempt to figure out the answer to that age-old question, "Where does the time go?," I decided to do a minute-by-minute log of my day yesterday. And here it is. I haven't done the math yet, but suffice to say that, despite the lack of TV and/or movies and/or going out, I didn't manage to get that much work done. Sigh. But it's not like I was slacking off, either. I mean, a girl's gotta keep up with Go Fug Yourself, right?

11:30am - Alarm clock goes off. Hit "snooze" button.
11:39 - Alarm clock goes off. Listen to last 30 seconds of oboe concerto. Hit "snooze " button.
11:49 - Ditto. Snooze.
11:53 - Get up.
11:55 - Turn on computer. Bathroom, brush teeth.
noon - Check e-mail. Read Gather articles, comment.
12:35pm - Finish checking e-mail. Shower.
12:50 - Out of bathroom. Check e-mail.
12:53 - Start reading P.M.H. Bell's France and Britain 1900-1940.
1:45 - Sandwich time. Check e-mail.
CS calls - 7 minute phone call interrupts lunch.
2:07 - Finished breakfast/lunch. Check e-mail. Think: I can't work. Make tea. Print material for meeting. Check weather online. Get dressed. Apply sunscreen. Talk to FN.
2:45 - Leave house. Think: How does it always take me so long to get ready and leave the house?! Walk to school.
3:00 - CS rides by me on her bike. Think: I should get a bike. Rethink this thought: Toronto drivers.
3:05 - Arrive at meeting (late). Think: Being late is part of my charm, right?
3:50 - Finish meeting. Head to department. Run errands in department. Important stuff.
4:32 - Check e-mail at school.
4:35 - Head off to library to get inter-library loan book
4:45 - Leave library. Return DVDs. See nice dogs. Walk by hardware store (twice). Think (each time): I think I'm forgetting something. Buy 1 banana at fruit/veggie stand. Head home.
5:07 - Walking home. Think: I forgot to buy screws!
5:15 - Arrive at home
5:20 - Turn on computer. Wait for internet connection. Why is it so slow to connect?! Check e-mail. Send e-mail.
5:25 - Get on Yahoo Messenger at HD's insistence.
5:30 - Chatting with HD. Read History News Network articles, Fametracker, and Go Fug Yourself.
6:10 - Finish chatting with H. Change into pyjamas.
6:15 - Check e-mail.
6:20 - Do dishes. Make dinner.
7:07 - Break from making dinner to check e-mail.
7:20 - Eat dinner.
7:45 - Finish dinner. Check e-mail. Read Aussie girl's blog and more HNN stuff.
7:55 - Bathroom. Wash face.
8:00 - Continue reading Bell.
8:40 - Break. Check e-mail. Spend some time organizing/scheduling my life.
9:05 - Start reading again.
10:00 - Short break.
10:03 - Back to reading.
10:50 - Break to brush teeth, floss, make tea. Read stuff on internet. Read Acephalous. Think: I think I understand it today!
11:17 - Start writing this blog entry. Drink tea.
11:30 - Back to reading.
11:55 - Finish Bell. YAY! Check e-mail. Hungry. Eat leftovers.
12:20 - Finish eating and gabbing with FN. Type up some notes from Bell.
Intersperced with more e-mailing---work/school related---and MSNing. Get distracted reading friend's blog, chatting. Think: Must type notes.
12:50 - Finish typing notes. Think: I hate typing notes. Print notes. Think: Remember that time when this laptop crashed and I lost everything? Always back-up and print.
Continuing to chat. Think: Crap. But EC is cool, so it's all good.
1:10 - Start writing blog entry (the one from earlier today). EC has no good suggestions for what it should be about. FN is eating fancy junk-food. Think: I think that's an oxymoron. Whatever: It still tastes good!
1:20 - Finish chatting. Still working on blog entry.
1:30 - Finish blog entry. Post it.
1:45 - Realize I got distracted on Gather. Take a break.
1:52 - Remember I need to write newsletter article on threat of medievalist torture. Do that now.
2:05 - Finish write-up. E-mail editorial team about Thursday meeting.
2:10 - Start reading Herbert Hoover autobiography (volume 1).
2:45 - Break. Check e-mail.
2:55 - Reading.
4:30 - Stop reading. Brush teeth.
4:35 - Turn off light. Attempt to fall asleep.