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agentotterHere's another informal poll-without-a-poll, because I am curious.
If you have one or more deeply unpleasant tasks to do that you'd rather put off, but you know you need to do them anyway, and you're already having a bad day, do you a) pile on the pain for your already-ruined day, because it can always get worse but you don't want to ruin a mediocre day with this shit, or b) leave it for a better day, because really, there's only so much you can be expected to take in a single sitting, or c) run away to the Bahamaswith Jensen Ackles, let the lawyers sort the rest out.
Okay, C isn't actually an option. You have to give me an honest answer.
I have a tendency to get those crappy things over with when I'm already having a bad day, because I have to force myself to do it sometime (if there was a procrastination queen, possibly they would give me the crown) and I'd rather compound an already-bad day with further badness than push a mediocre day over the line to the DARK SIDE.
Just for the record, let me tell you the ways in which today needs to die horribly:
* Have had a headache since I woke up. How can eyeballs be sore? Left arm aches from the shoulder down with undoubtedly tension-and-shitty-computer-posture-related badness. Caffeine failed to truly wake me up.
* Every day this week have come in to have to deal with accounts receivable clerk practically in tears over office-politics-type drama. Have to repeatedly talk her down from quitting, sending ill-advised emails, giving herself an ulcer. Would like to call a meeting for all men in office to have their balls ritualistically KICKED.
* Yesterday arrived at housesitting gig to find a parakeet loose in the house, dashing itself repeatedly against windows. Had escaped through a little side door in the cage that I hadn't even known was there, much less open, so isn't possibly my fault, but still feel horrible. Catch traumatized bird, put it back in the cage, it flies around like it's fine. Leave a note for the owner's husband about shenanigans. Today find new note from husband, very kind and consoling, telling me the bird was dead when he got home. FUCK. Pet sitting is worst idea ever. Never wish to be responsible for anyone else's animals EVER AGAIN.
* Made the call I'd been putting off to the garage to get a quote on the maintenance and repair my truck needs. Total bill will be about $2000, $1000 of which is for the brake (and bushing and caliper and ball joint) service I desperately need. Do not even have excuse of being ripped off by garage; am 99% certain everything they say needs doing really needs doing. Am now paying for years of cumulative putting-off-maintenance, now have to do it all at once.
On the up side, I have managed to accomplish finding myself a farrier for my Juno (and OMFG, he's a student of Pete Ramey, we are in good hands) and actually remembered to look up the number for the feed store to get hay delivered, even if I didn't do it in time to actually call said feed store while it was open. Oh, and also got a little work done while at work. *headdesks*
If you have one or more deeply unpleasant tasks to do that you'd rather put off, but you know you need to do them anyway, and you're already having a bad day, do you a) pile on the pain for your already-ruined day, because it can always get worse but you don't want to ruin a mediocre day with this shit, or b) leave it for a better day, because really, there's only so much you can be expected to take in a single sitting, or c) run away to the Bahamas
Okay, C isn't actually an option. You have to give me an honest answer.
I have a tendency to get those crappy things over with when I'm already having a bad day, because I have to force myself to do it sometime (if there was a procrastination queen, possibly they would give me the crown) and I'd rather compound an already-bad day with further badness than push a mediocre day over the line to the DARK SIDE.
Just for the record, let me tell you the ways in which today needs to die horribly:
* Have had a headache since I woke up. How can eyeballs be sore? Left arm aches from the shoulder down with undoubtedly tension-and-shitty-computer-posture-related badness. Caffeine failed to truly wake me up.
* Every day this week have come in to have to deal with accounts receivable clerk practically in tears over office-politics-type drama. Have to repeatedly talk her down from quitting, sending ill-advised emails, giving herself an ulcer. Would like to call a meeting for all men in office to have their balls ritualistically KICKED.
* Yesterday arrived at housesitting gig to find a parakeet loose in the house, dashing itself repeatedly against windows. Had escaped through a little side door in the cage that I hadn't even known was there, much less open, so isn't possibly my fault, but still feel horrible. Catch traumatized bird, put it back in the cage, it flies around like it's fine. Leave a note for the owner's husband about shenanigans. Today find new note from husband, very kind and consoling, telling me the bird was dead when he got home. FUCK. Pet sitting is worst idea ever. Never wish to be responsible for anyone else's animals EVER AGAIN.
* Made the call I'd been putting off to the garage to get a quote on the maintenance and repair my truck needs. Total bill will be about $2000, $1000 of which is for the brake (and bushing and caliper and ball joint) service I desperately need. Do not even have excuse of being ripped off by garage; am 99% certain everything they say needs doing really needs doing. Am now paying for years of cumulative putting-off-maintenance, now have to do it all at once.
On the up side, I have managed to accomplish finding myself a farrier for my Juno (and OMFG, he's a student of Pete Ramey, we are in good hands) and actually remembered to look up the number for the feed store to get hay delivered, even if I didn't do it in time to actually call said feed store while it was open. Oh, and also got a little work done while at work. *headdesks*
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Date: 2009-07-09 01:05 am (UTC)hang in there.