….and Nothing

Yeah, I’ve got some leaves to rake up.

When you’ve got a “to do” list that is more like a “to do” book, and when you suspect that there might have to be a second volume to this book, then you’ve got two choices. You can either get down to it, or you can procrastinate.

Based on the title of this blog, you can probably guess what I did. Instead of doing the raking, the painting, the fixing….and all the other words that end in “ing”, I did none of them. I decided that this was a good weekend for doing nothing that productive.

Don’t get me wrong. I did things, I just didn’t do anything from my “to do” novel. I watched a rather low scoring Notre Dame college football game–and those are rare. I worked on a jigsaw puzzle. I spent time with my girlfriend. I ate some good food. I had some good conversations. I listened to some great music. I slept a little late and I didn’t really worry about any of it.

My responsibilities and tasks may not have gone away, but I’m okay. Sometimes, you need to stop worrying about progress and take a little break. Sometimes, you need a little perspective. It might be lazy, but it also feels good. Sometimes that is Today’s Perfect Moment.

Finding Common Ground

Though I could have chosen hitting the snooze button a bunch of extra times, or the extra time I had to enjoy my coffee this morning, I have decided to select something else as Today’s Perfect Moment.

Without further adieu, Today’s Perfect Moment is about accidently finding out about common interests.  You see, as I have already explained, for reasons not entirely clear to myself, I have become a fan of US college football.  It will never replace my love for the Canadian game, but it is a nice Saturday afternoon distraction.  I am a big fan of Notre Dame.  I had even considered making the pilgrimage to the stadium to watch a game this year–then I discovered how much the tickets cost.  It may have to wait.

After discovering I am not the only one, a co-worker, who I discovered is a fan,  has taken to quizzing me on team names.  Being as there are a lot of colleges, this is quite the contest.  I hung in there in the early rounds, but not as the colleges become less well know, I am losing ground quickly.  Who knew that there were so many…..unusual team names there were.  It is quite surprising.

I am holding back my Elon College Fighting Christians in reserve.  Any help would be appreciated.  Feel free to give your team a shout out.

I am having a good time though.