Snow day, full moon, and other distractions

I'm pushing the TGIF thing to its maximum potential. Yesterday, thanks to the appearance of ice on the roads (which, as you know, turns normal Southern people into frightened kittens in a room full of wolves), I was unexpectedly without classes to teach. With that knowledge came a sudden flood of industry: I worked like mad on those revisions. Then, like the air slowly leaves that overfilled balloon, I found that snow days aren't all that fun when you are home alone with a day to fill that you didn't plan on filling. Who wants to work all day? So I quit by mid-afternoon.

Unfortunately, that sense of not wanting to work anymore has somehow carried over to today: my normal work-on-the-dissertation day. I did some stuff, but overall today was not as productive as it should have been. I've decided to blame it on the full moon.

Why not?

I could blame it on this blog.

Or I could blame it on my stress levels (which are starting to feel like an annoying grinding sound that makes you slightly jumpy all of the time and makes you laugh at inappropriate moments a little too loudly and for a little too long).

Or I could look at myself square in the eyes (try to forget that I'm still in my pajamas and to forget that my hair hasn't been washed in two days) and say, you are just distracted today. You need to work on your discipline. Get to work.

But their is a yoga class in a few hours. I think I'll go to that instead.

Next time there is a snow day, I'll try to remember to pace myself.