Cleaning Out the E-mail

I’m not known for my organizational skills.  I have gotten good at not falling on the floor in hysterics when one of my many attempts to organize fools someone and they make that absurd accusation “You are so organized!”  It cracks me up.  These people obviously have not seen my office, closet, laundry room, etc. or my inbox about three weeks after the latest cleanout.

This past semester was trying.  The physical residues are haunting me still and it’s getting to be time to start harassing professors about what to read for the new semester.  Until I became too ill to function, Christmas break was dedicated to fall cleaning.  Now that too much physical activity is out, I’m cleaning out the old inbox.  I’m down to 93 unread e-mails on my personal account, down from around 1500.  Yep, that’s how bad it had gotten, and no, that’s not the worst it’s been, I think.  Well, I’ve been over a thousand before anyway.

The scary part is how many e-mails I had not deleted because I wanted to read them, or at least be able to preview them and make that an educated decision, not a random one.  This project has been going on for nearly a week now.  It is amazing how long it takes to get caught up.  There were also the read e-mails that I needed to file for later reference (especially the great recipes).

I hate being sick, I feel so completely unproductive.  I haven’t been able to work, and trips to the grocery can kill a day.  At least I have this and some writing and research I’ve been able to work on.  The doctor said today I would feel worse before I feel better, a few days, and maybe as long as a week.  I guess I’ll be hitting my school e-mail account next.  Maybe being sick is a blessing in disguise.  If I had been well and full of myself, my e-mail box may be pushing 2,000 instead of down to 93.  Here’s to another part of fall cleaning, the e-mail box.