The Health Benefits of Procrastination

I wrote a paper today. It was due at 5 PM. I spent most of the morning reading the material I had gathered in my research, and started writing around mid-morning.

I completely forgot about Luthien's speech therapy appointment, so when Jenna arrived the living room was a mess (I usually tidy up before she comes), I was in my pajamas, and Luthien was starkers.

Luthien fortunately went down for a reasonably long afternoon nap, which permitted me to get the paper finished with a minimum of protestation from her (relatively speaking). I finished the paper at ten until four, frantically got Luthien and myself dressed and our bag packed with library books to return, the paper to turn in, and Luthien's towel and swimsuit for the trip to the splash park I promised her as the compensation for being ignored all day while mama focused on homework.

We left the house at 4:12 PM. We arrived at the Anthropology building on campus, approximately 4.5 miles away, at 4:41 PM, a good twenty minutes before the office (wherein lay the TA's box into which I had to place the paper to turn it in) was supposed to close (and about ten minutes before the time they often lock the door).

29 minutes from home to campus, with a fairly strong head and cross wind, and Luthien as well as a laden backpack on board. Yep. Procrastination does have its health benefits.