J.I.T.

I’m not the best planner.  In fact, I’m a bad planner.  It’s one of those things that I always thought I was good at and maybe I was at some point in my life, but as of now, I operate on JIT Just-In-Time.  It’s a process used in programming and business practices (and maybe a lot of other things) meaning you don’t produce what you need until right before you need it.  It’s basically the opposite of being proactive.

Just a few examples from this week:

• Disney.  Just now making lists of what we need.  I haven’t packed a thing.  And we leave in about 36 hours.
• Lexi’s pageant forms.  They are due April 1.  I’m just now getting commitments TODAY and I have to have the ad page done and shipped BEFORE we leave for Disney so it gets there by 1/1.
• Getting the house clean.  I remembered late last night but instead of sticking out a few more minutes I went to bed and hustled to get it done this morning.  In fact here’s a convo Scott and I had this morning:

schp2502: House clean?
me: they are cleaning it now
me: i had to hustle
schp2502: No not u

I have plenty more examples but I’ll spare you.  What can I say?  At least some believe that the JIT is a good thing.  And that’s what I’ll keep telling myself.