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Working Blah to Blah

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Today I have so little concentration that my to-do list (which has 4 items on it, only 2 of them priority) has not even one thing crossed off.

When my electronic prescription refill failed to go through, I hung up rather than actually speak to a “pharmaceutical representative.” I didn’t answer my hair salon when they called to confirm my Saturday appointment and now I have to call them back, too, but have made no progress in that.

I tried to read this article about how breakups are sooooo hard in today’s era of Facebook and digital blah-blah-blah and then I just stopped. And now all I can think about is lunch.

I mean, don’t get me wrong, I did manage to make it to the office and am sitting here ostensibly ready to tackle anything that comes my way, but really, focus is about nil until I’m actually presented with something.

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Good News: Things Slightly Less Bad. But Not Nazi Germany-Bad

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Wall Street Shuffle
Creative Commons License photo credit: Bob Jagendorf

Happy day, y’all! It’s official: Things aren’t as bad as they were!

(Okay, I’m reading a book about Nazi Germany, and before that, I read a book about Mississippi during the early years of the civil rights movement—both fantastic, by the way. I just have to say, survivors of this recession, we’ve never known it as bad as it could be, thank God. But that’s neither here nor there.)

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Calling All Local Goils…

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I’m dragging a bit today (staying up until 2 am reading The Book Thief, perhaps?). It’s noon and I’m only on my second cup of coffee, and yet … I’m too tired/lazy/unmotivated to get up and get another.

And yet, there is work to be done, and so I must push on. It’s only a few steps to the kitchen…

For those of you who find yourself in a similar sort of Monday paralysis, here’s a little pick-me-up.

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