Time to get serious...

The beginning of tryouts has forced me to face the fact that I need to get ready for school to start. So I made a list! Bolded items are the hard ones.

• Read Oedipus the King.
• Complete notes on Oedipus the King.
• Read "Introduction to Oedipus the King".
• Read "Greece and the Theater".
• Write essay exploring a motif in Oedipus the King.
• Read Science Friction.
• Buy school supplies and new clothes.
• Call Lautenberg campaign to line up volunteer work.
• Buy SAT prep books.
• Take full-length SAT practice test.
• Reorganize desk.
• Buy new tennis shoes.
  

The thing about this list is that none of the things left, other than shopping and the practice test, require large blocks of time. So theoretically I should be able to knock these things off easily. But something's telling me that some of this is going to be left undone until crunch time.

Unrelated thought: Isn't it weird how when you're really really hungry, your belly suddenly goes from flat and empty to giant and bloated and empty? But then you take two little bites of something and you're back to the nice flat stage?