Hump day. Today is when I’m supposed to be productive and get lots of work done so I can start coasting for the rest of the week. I’m not sure if that’s going to happen or not. I’ve got plenty of work to do, but I’ve also got a mother who’s forgetting more and more things lately, and it’s probably time to see if we can get an appointment with her doctor to see what he thinks. I have a feeling my schedule today will be dictated by his.
That’s an example of a frustration I have lately. I’ve been getting a lot of interruptions that have messed with my plans for any given day. Some of them I can control (but haven’t), and others I have no control over. In either case, I’ll have something of higher priority come up (sometimes because I didn’t get to it in a timely manner) and it throws off whatever I had planned. Many days, once my plans are shot, I get virtually nothing else done for the day, and that’s something I need to work on. Once that happens, I’m in “the faster I go, the behinder I get” mode, and it usually takes a good night’s sleep to reset everything so I can be productive again.
Don’t get me wrong, though. Life is pretty good at the moment. This is something I need to work on to make it better. I’m writing about it here so if you’ve been waiting on an email from me, you might have a clue as to why I haven’t responded, or have responded with something less than useful.
- The Border Patrol to Use Pepper Ball Guns for Crowd Control on the Mexican border. I’m not sure, but I don’t see how shooting people with condiments is going to solve immigration problems. [fark!]
- Got some stuff you want to get rid of, but don’t really want to sell? BarterBee.com is like eBay without the money. You list stuff you’d like to trade, as do other folks. BarterBee keeps score and sells you envelopes. Looks interesting, and for only $4.95 a month, I might take the plunge. [scottk]
- Aww. Cute! These plush giant microbes look like just the thing to brighten up a room. They even have a cute little ebola plush toy. [survival arts]