I have three chapters worth of finance homework due online at midnight tonight. Naturally, I have waited until today to start reading the chapters and doing the associated homework. I estimate that it will be about five hours worth of work, but I vowed that I would begin diligently the moment I awakened:
5:34 am: Aisha begins barking and crying to get on the bed. I heave her onto the bed, she steps on my face, walks over Paul’s head, and jumps back down to the floor.
7:22 am: Kobe and Aisha begin fighting. Loudly.
7:45 am: I go insane, leap out of bed, throw Aisha into her crate in the living room, and shut the bedroom door to drown out the howling.
8:38 am: The howling becomes too much to bear. I get out of bed and sit down at my laptop to read the news and check my email.
9:46 am: I do a load of laundry, washing the sheets and towels that aren’t actually dirty. I make breakfast for myself and the dogs.
10:25 am: Settling in on the couch, I open my finance textbook, read the first two pages of Chapter 7, and decide I need a break. I get back on the Internet.
10:42 am: Bored of the Internet, I thoroughly cleanse the already clean dog dishes, to ensure that they are safe for surgical use.
10:54 am: I lay on the floor with the dogs and take cameraphone pictures of their feet. Ennui is overwhelming. The textbook is still open to page two of Chapter 7.
11:21 am: Shower. I deep condition my hair, using the product that recommends leaving on for fifteen minutes. I leave it on for twenty, just to be on the safe side.
12:15 pm: I decide to clip Kobe’s toenails. I have hit rock bottom of task-avoidance and am starting to dig.
12:24 pm: I put the freshly-washed sheets back on the bed the moment the dryer goes off. Normally I would leave them to wrinkle in the dryer until either Paul or I go to bed, but today, I opt not to wait. Why would I? It’s not like I have anything better to do.
12:37 pm: Rejoin population of Internet surfers. Have you seen Paris Hilton’s Hardees commercial? I have.
12:56 pm: If studying will not be happening, I will at least discuss studying. Begin blogging.
1:28 pm: It is now time to start my homework. But first, I’m just going to take the dogs for a quick walk. Oh, and dry my hair. And maybe just prepare a little snack. But then I’ll start studying. (Who am I kidding? Of course I won’t.)