Sitting Here On the Couch

As I sit here, look around me and think of all the stuff I need to do before bed, I realize that maybe I don't have time to be writing tonight.  There are the toys to pick-up, dishes to put away, lunches to make, sheet to bring in from outside, and garbage to take out plus a sick kid in bed that I'm hoping gets a good night's sleep.  And my wife had a long day today.

Sometimes you just have to turn off all the distractions, buy into a little delayed gratification, buckle down and take care of business.  Wants often come into conflict with needs - such as all I really want to do tonight is sit on my butt, do some reading and writing and maybe eat a Jos Louis.  At those times you gotta ask yourself, whatcha gonna do?  I guess I'll do what I ought to do and get to work...right now.  Hey look at that, I still got to some writing.