Me: You should really get some work done.
Me: Nah, I don't feel like it.
Me: Seriously – homework, cleaning, something.
Me: In a bit.
Me: A new blog even?
Me: I'll get to it.
...
3 hours later
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Me: It's getting late.
Me: Mmm.
Me: You do realize you have a paper due tomorrow?*
Me: Yeah, I'll do that next.
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Me: Hello?
...
Me: Remember that paper?
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Me: Really, it's getting late and you've got a long day tomorrow. Just do the paper.
Me: Yeah, yeah.
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Me: Just write the paper and go to bed!
Me: ...I think I'll watch Balto III, that sounds like a great idea.
Me: PAPER! BED!
And that is why the internet is evil. Because of course it is entirely to blame for my concentration problems and it will single-handedly destroy the world momentarily.
...Does the internet even have hands?
*Disclaimer: The paper in question was only a one-page, informal response paper, and it did, in fact, get written. Don't worry, Mom.
LOL - got me!!
ReplyDeletehaha YES, exactly. Substitute reading for writing and I'm right there with you.
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