i came home early from school to work on my assignment today and the afternoon went something like this:

2:30pm: i arrive home

2:35pm: i decide i am hungry

2:36pm: i look in the fridge and get frustrated at the lack of instant options.

2:37pm: i decide to make cookies!

2:45pm: realising we don’t have milk, i decide to substitute with water.

2:46pm: regretting my decision to bake cookies as i am having a ‘feeling-fat’ day, i decide that it is too late to turn back now, so i just omit the butter and sugar instead.

2:55pm: deciding to flag the cooking process (technically they’re ‘no-bake’ cookies anyway), i take a spoonful of unsweetened, porridge-like cookie mixture to bed.

2:58pm: i turn on my laptop and open up a new document to start my essay.

3:00pm: i remember that i have just downloaded a new movie staring michael cera (he’s funny!).  but then figure i should probably wait until after i finish my essay.

3:10pm: or… maybe then instead of watching a whole movie, i could just watch an episode of a tv programme. I search surf the channel for an episode of ‘house’.

6:00pm: i wake up.  the light is on. i’m sitting up and the laptop is still where the name suggests – on my lap. i’m sweating and it’s probably dinner time.

6:10pm: there is nothing for dinner so i throw some broccoli and mushrooms into a pan with some sweet chilli sauce.

6:30pm: i should probably start my essay now.

6:35pm: what’s that music called that helps you study? maybe i should google it.

6:40pm: the entire collections of brahm’s symphonies are now downloading to my computer.

7:00pm: i format my document with headers and footers and set my formatting to ‘double spaced’ lines.  this feels good. i’m getting somewhere.

7:05pm: maybe i should put the laptop down and get back to basics. i go find my textbook.

8:30pm: just caught up on my course readings.

8:35pm: tess is home! brilliant! we share stories of our day.

9:00pm: tess shows me a youtube video of ‘ukraine got talent’ finalist doing sand art! anything with ‘ukraine’ in front of it is really fun.

9:10pm: i love sand art!

9:30pm: i love ukraine!

9:40pm: watching the finals of ‘Ukraine Got Talent’ in Ukrainian with no subtitles. nail-biting stuff.

9:50pm: decide i like the ukrainian language and search google for tips on learning the language.

10pm: ah brilliant, my brahm’s collection has finished downloading! back to my essay.

10:15pm: i reflect on my amusing but painful attempt to complete this essay and i visualise my now significantly altered future as shaped by my decision to watch ukrainian sand artists on youtube instead of doing school work.  this depresses me.  remembering that writing it down always helps – i decide i should probably write about this experience immediately.

10:30pm: yeah…back to my essay now.

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