It’s the summer, and damnit, I’m going to have some time to myself. As much as I like my new office (all spacey and pretty and sunny), it also puts me right in the path of people who want to stop and chat or bitch and groan or any other permutations that lead to a big fat time sink for me. Now, I love people and I don’t mind a good chat, but I’ve got to nip some of this in the bud or else I will never get any of my research done. Or my course prep. Or even my administrative work. So, by royal fiat — after all, I am the Queen of Everything — I have instituted:
Thursdays @Home
Today is my first Thursday @Home and already I am slightly off task. My first plan of action was to sleep late. Unfortunately, my dog doesn’t understand that 6:30 a.m. is not late. Then around 8:15 a.m., I got a call from the office. {Sigh} After a hot shower and some breakfast, I hope to resume my Thursday plans: research notes on books, cleaning my home office so I can actually stand to work in it, weeding my garden, and taking a nap. Somewhere in there, I am going to wander out to lunch and mail a sympathy card. Hell, I might even shave my legs. 
