Stuck under a mountain... of work

Too many deadlines, too much to do. And a visit from very-nice-but-obsessively-clean landlady sometime in the next few hours, which meant a major clean. Fortunately, the cleaning is done, and I can relax and focus on getting work done.

Such as writing in my blog. Very important.

I have an assignment due (movie review of terrible Zathura) in the next few hours, a two-page magazine section due tomorrow morning, a book blurb rewrite, a manuscript to read and more back covers to write.

Things that are preventing me from offing myself right now:

1) The knowledge that today will put $600 into my pocket (bills, rent, loan payments)
2) The three remaining bags of Lindt balls
3) The apartment. So clean. So nice...
4) The stubborn tree just outside my window -- its leaves (which it refuses to give up) are a deep yellow, and when the sun shines through the blustery clouds, it makes the rooms glow with gold