Procrastination is not a four letter word

Hello, my name is Jody and I procrastinate.... my dirty little secret is out.I don't use this quality at work or in public but at home I relish the words " I'll do it in a little bit". These words can be used for any household request from laundry to writing a check for the children's lunch. Those words can give me five more minutes to read or thirty more to sleep. The words can also be used for good when applied to say tattoo's or a questionable hair color the latter of which I failed at and ended up with such a hair color two weeks ago.

But I digress this is not about hair.... it is about photos...... of which I have many. I love taking photos..... I hate sorting them. I wish they would jump from my much loved super fancy digtal camera right into the super cute book I have selected for such photos. And that would be super! But life is not a comic book and superhero's will not sweep in and fix my photo mess. And when I say mess that is a kind way of describing my boxes, drawers, tubs, and disk full of photos. Most are not sorted except by the layers in which they were placed in the container. Today in the mail I received yet another package of pictures this one quite large... 365 pictures. An my heart beats a little faster just thinking of this. Now my first thought after looking at the memories of my Key West trip is to place these littles treasures in the drawer. But I fought my demon, carefully choose my favorites then placed them in the handmade photo book I had purchased in July for these pictures. Yes, I procrastinate having them printed also.

I don't think my habit is really that bad.. it helps me create a little me time in disguise. My family thinks I'm just putting off chores and avoiding their wants and needs in reality I'm putting myself first. I guess it makes me feel less selfish if I tell them " in a minute" instead of no. Today I was selfish... those photo were for me. My first adult only vacation with Brian and I... I got to enjoy the memories he and I made as a couple and not parents. And today never once did I say in a minute... I said no I'm busy.