Thursday, February 4, 2021

Getting Nothing Done

I accomplished nothing today.

I had a list half a mile long, but none of it happened.

The kitchen and the floors and the bathrooms are in a sorry state.  No progress was made on cleaning closets or the pantry or pruning the roses.  I wrote no letters nor created the birthday video I owe.  I did manage to bring in the mail; opening it never happened.

TBG and I spent a few hours on the phone with our kids, though, and that fills my soul.

I did 30 minutes of Virtual Garden Club with the 5th grade this morning, and that garners me some Accomplishment Points, I suppose, but after that I parked myself in a chair and I read.  I finished book one in the Morgan Dane series by Melinda Leigh on the computer, since Kindle Unlimited was free for 2 months and that particular volume was not available in my local library.  But volumes 2 through the end of the series were waiting for me on the counter, and I've taken a break from the middle of that trade paperback to write to you.

It's not that I have anywhere I need to go, or I can go, or I ought to go.  

I just feel that something ought to look different at the end of the day.

The only difference is in my mind.  It will have to suffice.

4 comments:

  1. Wednesdays are my most busy days with virtual storytelling. I do two sessions, with a half hour break between the classes. Just enough time to catch my breath, get a drink of water to wet my whistle, and rearrange my materials which I've scattered all over while working in front of the camera.

    After I'm done, and everything has been put away, I just plunk myself on the couch and sit. I'm tired after engaging, even online, with the kids. It seems that we exert huge amounts of energy to be effective through the camera.

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    1. Scattered all over..... exactly!!! My desk was covered with leaf detritus and spiky rose branches.
      It is so much more exhausting in front of the camera. With the kids muted there is only the limited feedback from the tiny squares on the screen.
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  2. A day spent reading is NOT a day doing nothing in my book!

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    1. I just wanted something to look different.... so today I did exactly the same thing!
      a/b

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