week two

Ordered checks drove to post office to send book purchase signed and mailed W9s to Poetry Foundation and Smith College typed and signed autopay change request per customer representative's phone instructions Sunday morning tossed typed and signed autopay request per customer representative's phone instructions Monday morning made online payments online for cable and phone and visa checked remaining minutes have none made phone reservations at Hilton for AWP made class blog and elaborate but dull class blog post and class blog links ran three loads of laundry all but whites folded and put away worked on my website to send link to AWP and Smith people needing bios and contact info printed list of photo materials to find photo materials website called card member services to request auto-payment not bill (again) the wrong bank account avoided giant dead praying mantis in front entry way until Catch staff arrived for dinner then wrapped him in paper towel and held him away from my body until reaching the kitchen garbage can ordered Cellar Pizza swept kitchen sent bio and photo to Smith College Poetry Center email email made tea forgot tea talked to mom talked to Glenda talked to Herman talked to Suzanne talked to Fr. Bill picked up soda for Catch retreat also bought a waterproof watch can tell time again investigated singles' retreat and deposit for retreat and tenuous cancellation of retreat also wrote check for deposit and licked envelop closed and addressed and stamped went to Walmart twice hated Walmart looked everywhere for AWP registration information for panelists and found much later note in email about secret links or phone verification lit candles for students put out plates forks cups and water none drank soda Special Intention mass for my family and Em's party also glitter and a quick change to party shoes also lost an hour to stomach cramps and chills also cleaned cat litter and washed dishes and put out chairs and cleaned up chairs and put out sample mags and shelved sample mags and ran through calendar and standards and nearly cracked my head open over trying to understand Amazon.com payments and sellers accounts and credits to individual checking accounts. Still baffled.

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