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Distracted!

OK ... this is not working out like I thought it would. I am too distractable and there is too much to do around the house for me to be able to concentrate on school work!

I settled in to try to participate in the online discussion of the essays we wrote for World Lit. Easy enough, eh? Right ...

As I pondered my contribution, I looked over and saw a pile of mail that had gathered during the past week ... so I sorted through it, filing away some of it, tossing the rest. Cool! A coupon for laundry detergent! Oh yeah ... I needed to get some laundry started. So I trudge back to the bedroom and started sorting dirty clothes into piles. Oops! I'm supposed to be writing for school! Back to the computer .... quick check on email ... someone on the KnitTalk list has a question about a knit stitch, so I looked it up real quick and posted back an answer. Might as well check the feed reader ... 30 minutes later, looked in the World Lit discussion. Well, I'll be damned ... someone else posted the same idea I was thinking about posting. Back to square one ... well, while I ponder, I can get cracking on that laundry .... but first, I need something to eat. Gotta wash some of those dishes too. And tidy the kitchen some. Eww! The floor is disgusting! Get the broom, and the mop.

An hour later, the floor is clean, I have eaten and a load of laundry has been washed and is in the dryer. But I still haven't made any progress on the discussion post ... and I still have a programming assignment to do. Oy! And I still need to change the bed sheets ...

So, I make a deal with myself ... get the bed done, write the discussion post ... and I will treat myself to dinner out at Panera where they have wifi and I can do the programming assignment from there. Good deal. Motivation and all that.

While changing the bed, I decide I am in need of a new blanket. So, my To-Do list expands to include a visit to Walmart to shop for a new blanket. I need a book bag too. And shower cleaner, so I can clean the bathroom tomorrow ... while I am supposed to be doing the DataComm assignment, and reading for the next World Lit essay.

But I fulfilled my goals and here I sit at Panera. I am ready to go on that programming assignment ... right after I eat. And the people are more interesting to watch than learning about C++ ... and ya'll keep blogging and emailing!

But at least I did get it done, eventually.

Added: Oh yeah, any plumbing experts out there? My washer drain tube goes into a PVC pipe that comes up from the floor, about 3 feet. Apparently, my washer drains faster than this thing can handle, so it backs up and overflows. I have to sit with the washer during the drain and spin times so I can stop the washer before it flows over. I know this stop-start, stop-start thing can't be good for the washer. I have poured drain cleaner down there, but I don't really think it's clogged up. It just started doing this a while ago, and is a major pain in the butt. What can I do to fix this?

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