Doing Virtually Nothing

I made a dent in the chair! I got up a few minutes ago to get more diet dr. pepper and when I came back to sit down at the computer I could see where I have been sitting for 2 days, doing virtually nothing. Well, depending on how you look at it.

I've played with facebook, twitter, NCTE Ning. I joined a walking site & created a profile. I used a map to save walking routes with distances. I ordered new clothes, browsed books, spent hours reading blogs. I took surveys on educational materials, updated my profile for the State Board of Education, completed 6 required online trainings for my school district, and googled ideas for working as an inclusion teacher. I searched professional development offerings and registered for the NCTE national convention. I looked at maps and hotels for Philadelphia. Bought a plane ticket and saw where I would be sitting on it. I registered my mom for jury duty. Checked out the dating profile of the guy my friend was meeting for a first date. I cleared some of my work emails. I went to the Real Simple website to see if there was anything that needed simplifying in my life. I checked my bank statement and my financial profile. I looked up heart attack symptoms on the American Heart Association website when my mom got indigestion. I filled out a survey to estimate my own risk for having a heart attack in the next ten years. And last of all, I checked to make sure there are no hurricanes brewing anywhere in the world.

All that, and I made a dent in my chair! Now, it is a holiday weekend. At least I can say that. And I enjoyed all of it. But really, a dent?