Slacking
I am trying to do school work and man, it’s truly amazing the number of ways I can avoid it. Most recently I finished looking at all the traffic cameras across the state to see how other snowfalls compared to ours. In theory I was checking out traffic camera availability in order to be prepared to assess the viability of my trip to my Dad’s on the 24th or 25th. He says they only got three inches (on top of their previous six), which is nothing compared to the six we got (on top of our previous three), but there is a ferry ride and two-and-a-half hour drive between here and there.
Just a second ago I looked up the local circus arts school after seeing a flyer on my desk for a performance. I was curious to see what their classes were all about. My five year old is doing fine in gymnastics but hey, maybe he’d like something more exotic…although if I can swing it, his brother will also start gymnastics this Spring and that means that once a week I will have forty-five minutes of freedom!!!
And since I was reminded of the performance I decided that I might as well buy tickets to it since I was planning to take the boys anyway and it’s only a month and a half away. No time like the present!
And then I laughed at my school-work avoidance and thought it would be funny if I also decided to do research into the differences between plasma and LCD tvs for my dad who is thinking of buying one, since that would be such obvious avoidance.
So then I did.
And then I had to call him and report back the results just in case he decides to brave the snow and go out to buy one tonight.
But now I think I’ll actually get back to my work. It’s just hard and I find myself often needing a break to think about things…or not think about them in order to be able to think about them more in the future.
But maybe I’ll check my email just one more time. And see if anyone has posted to their blogs…