My Random Keys

I am not to the point of A Beautiful Mind yet, but after a quiet couple of days and too many thoughts in my head, I realize again that I have to be proactive in fighting off the stuff that gets me off track.  I've been laying in bed for a few too many hours and found 4am an appropriate time to get up and do something, just so I can step away from my head for a little while.

So, how to spend a week of solitude without children. While it may be a blessing for some, it's a curse that I have difficulty with.  I want to fill the time meaningfully. Today (okay, it's actually yesterday, but I haven't slept yet), I failed that goal. I did learn a lot about the country by watching a short marathon of How The States Got Their Shape on the History Channel. I was even eating Sunday's BBQ while I watched the Texas episode.  Then there was the marathon of Paul Sr vs Paul Jr on American Chopper on Discovery Channel. There will be NO telly tomorrow.

I did learn just a bit ago that my blogs (on blogger.com) now have a mobile template version. Probably will spend time Wednesday trying to leverage that new perk on some blog spaces.  I also must start writing more consistently. Writers block is there when I sit, but ideas fly while I drive. May have to combine the two this week. Ha!

I pray for the oppressed, beat down, and those in mental turmoil this week. May they all find some form of freedom during Independence Week!

Sure, I wasn't a great student going through my school years. Not until I was teaching and making modifications for my students with ADD did spend time reflecting on why I didn't do well. I had a 'professional' spend time with me and was issued the golden ADD seal of distraction.  And since then, I've recognized parts of it all the time.

We've joked a lot about *SQUIRREL!* ... being a lot like the dog Doug in the movie Up.  You can be the most well-meaning, thoughtful, loyal person and totally lose face during the all-too-frequent 'Squirrel' moments of distraction.

For example, I started this post and was half-way through it when I hit 'Save as draft' so I could finish later. That was almost a month ago. I wasn't procrastinating or putting off, but instead got side tracked and moved on to other things. Not until today, ironically enough, did I find this started and work to finish it.

So how did the ghost of Squirrel rear it's ugly tail today? I'm writing this blog, because it needed to be done, instead of fixing a scout uniform, finishing the bills, mowing the yard, cleaning the 2nd floor, shopping for food for next week, riding my bike (for excercise), redesigning the Mancub pages, calling mom (she doesn't read this, so don't remind her that I haven't called lately), putting away the beach paraphernalia from last weekend, etc...  But it's good to be back on the blog.

Ha! Making that list reminded me of a blog I needed to bookmark, which drug me into Diigo, which led to....  I'm back again. So to Doug, I tip my hat. I'm off to the next task on my lis... ooo, Band of Brothers is on...