Here I am on my first day of maternity/parental leave - couldn't sleep past 8. I miss working already, especially since I'm trying to fill out my online EI application and about to pull my hair out. They make you detail all of the weeks in the past year in which you earned less than $255. For me, that's been MOST of them. I've given up on precision and just started taking my paychecks and dividing by two. This is now about to bite me in the ass because I don't know what to do with the weeks where the pay period splits - like when the 15th is on a Wednesday. I'm not really sure what the point is? I'd call and ask, but I don't feel like being on hold for an hour.

Since I imagine tomorrow (and days after) will be rather boring, here is my list of things to do:

• Books

Since I am a superfan of Glenn Greenwald, I bought one of his books. So far it's a disappointment though I think that is mostly due to poor editing. Great American Hypocrites is pretty damn repetitive if anyone else was thinking of reading it. Also, it feels like I'm reading it way too late. I would have enjoyed it much more pre-election. Plus, most of it is stuff I already knew. I did learn that Jimmy Stewart was a Brigadier General. Still, I feel I should finish up... probably the last grown-up book I read for awhile. I am also re-reading Geek Love for the A.V. Club's new book club. Just what a lady who is about to whelp needs - a novel about (purposely) deformed babies!

• Projects

I should probably finish that cat I started crocheting months ago. And the bunny, and Roast Beef, and Philippe's legs, and maybe I should make a second bootie to go along with the first one. If I have leftover time, maybe I will sew some baby shoes (hah!).

• Boring Things

I have this thing for transferring my 401(k) from my old NC employer to the bank. It is about 2 years overdue. I have all the paperwork done, I just haven't mailed it. I could also stand to do some filing and organizing my ongoing tax folder. I also need to gather all the papers for the baby's Consular Report of Birth plus two passport applications. I will need to have the actual baby to finish some of that though.

• Cleaning

Yeah, I should probably do some of that. I keep waiting for the Nesting Super-Surge to do that though. I'm wondering now if that will actually happen.

• Packing

Things don't put themselves in boxes unless you are wizard Mickey Mouse.

• Entertainment

I am rewatching Freaks & Geeks and I still have Brisco County on the backburner. I haven't played Animal Crossing in a few months so I should have some weeding to do. Out of all the categories, this is the one most likely to be completed.