1. Parent-teacher conferences. Child's Advanced Math teacher said she's doing great and definitely belongs in the class. That's a big deal! She didn't qualify by the test. We had to be overbearing parents to get a trial basis exception for her. Whew!
2. Food prep. Chopping things in advance made taco dinner much quicker.
3. Comparing other steampunk books to my post-apocalyptic steampunk western, for ad keywords. Really fascinating.