The to do list

I have two piles on my desk. (Well, three, but the third is just a pile of "stuff that should be someplace else but is here on my desk for now.") Of the two piles that matter, the pile to the far left has drafts of current writing projects, submissions from my writing workshop classmates that I need to read, and a file of story ideas. It's the pile of "intellectual" things to do.

Then there's the pile next to it, with the mundane things to do. Let's see, for this week we have

send baby blanket to J and T

send baby monitors for repair

respond to Niece's latest letter

go to Fremdenpolizei to renew residency permit (this will consume a morning for sure)

e-mail sister-in-law to ask if I should renew Niece's gift subscription to Stone Soup

e-mail A.

write RR back

change address on investment even though we already did this

complete a privacy statement for said investment

change address for the Elternbrief (monthly parenting letters we receive for free)

fill out the forms for Gesuch um erleichterte Einbürgerung, i.e. to get my Swiss passport

Why is that last one last on the list, you wonder? Wouldn't you think I'd put that first on the list, you ask? Well, since we were told it would take 12 to 18 months to process the application, what's one or two more days.