A Study in How I Spend my Time

1:00 pm
Here's the problem with Netflix Instant: There's just too many damn choices. When I don't know what I want to watch, I just peruse the genres, thinking that the right movie will catch my eye, and I will shout "EUREKA! THANK YOU NETFLIX! THIS IS JUST WHAT I WANTED TO WATCH!" But what really happens, even when I find something I am interested in, is I pass it right by thinking I can find something better or more suitable to my mood. I end up effectively wasting 45 minutes and returning to my old stand by: Law and Order SVU.

I'm so annoyed.

My baking skills are too good my own good. I made peanut butter cookies last night. I am a mad master baker. But the problem is they are too good, and this is very dangerous.

I am so annoyed.

It's raining outside. I have to go BACK to the hardware store for the third time this weekend. My laundry needs some serious folding. I have to grade papers.

I'm so annoyed.

Everything is so annoying right now, except the biscuits and gravy I had for breakfast, my bed, and Law and Order. I'm taking a nap.

Update 2:30

After waking up from very short nap, I looked around my (extremely) untidy room. I considered cleaning it.

Then I decided on a bath instead.

The bath started out equally as annoying as everything else. The water was way too hot, and the first twenty minutes felt like noon in the middle of July. But then I watched episodes of 30 Rock, everything was much better. I feel mildly motivated. Mostly just to paint my nails and give myself a facial. Will keep you updated, as I'm sure you're dying to know what happens next.

Update 6:30

I neglected to mention that I started my bath at approx 2:30. I didn't get out until 4.

Since then, I've watched 1.75 episodes of Law and Order, 1 episode of 30 Rock, eaten some red beans and rice, two peanut butter cookies, and one can of Coca-Cola. I have also moisturized my skin, sufficiently praised the cat, and started folding my laundry.

Update 6:26

I'm sure you're desperately wondering how I traveled backwards in time. Well, here's how. The last update was actually written at 6:17. I rounded up.

I forgot to mention that I have spent time today looking for decently priced plane tickets to go to Florida to see my grandparents, on facebook chatting with my friend Becker, and let's not forget the time I have spent writing this blog. I also just helped my roommate move a table back into the kitchen and have considered starting to take the polish off my toes. My laundry looks quite nice, half folded on my bed.

Update 9:02 (being honest about the time now)

My laundry is folded. It was like pulling out my own teeth, but I did it.

Post-laundry finish, listlessness set in. So I took the garbage out, which was a huge. First step outside since I got back from brunch at noon. It was pouring rain. I decided to turn on the boob tube, make some tea and grade papers.

Then I remembered why I don't grade papers. There is nothing more enraging than grading subtraction problems  after you have spent HOURS AND DAYS going over how to borrow only to find that my volume was on mute while teaching that lesson. Which tragically brought me back to stage 1:00 of extreme annoyance.