I actually had a lot planned today. Earlier in the week I was intent on heading out to get my Christmas shopping done and over with. I’m not a fan of the crowded malls, nor was I looking forward to bringing out my inner hunter to secure a parking spot. Still, given my schedule this was sort of one of my only chances to really get out there. I considered it an unnecessary evil. So, yeah, that was the plan. Unfortunately, a few days ago a quick check of my calendar reminded me that today would have to be spent at home somewhat chained to the laptop. Given the holiday season, we’re back to taking shifts to monitor our website. At this point, monitor doesn’t necessarily mean that we should be watching graphs intently the whole time. Instead, it seems to mean being online and ready to answer questions should there be any. And yes, I actually did receive a question or two.

Being stuck here for nine hours doing…not much when I could be out being productive is such a drag! This morning as the sunlight began to pour into the window I was keeping an eye on the clock radio. Last night was a long night and I didn’t intend on getting up before I had to. As soon as 9 a.m. rolled around I just reached over to the laptop and went online. I pulled up the page of graphs and spent a good few hours just lying in bed listening to music and paying attention to the chat client to see if someone was messaging me. Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? That’s because it is, and perhaps that’s another reason why all of this kind of annoys me. This was a day of mind rot. I suppose I could have been productive at home doing domestic stuff, but…no.

At the very least, these periods only come three times a year. Still, all of this isn’t really putting me in a festive mood.