STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!

I suspect there's more to this than most of us realize - because WE ALL SHARE THE SAME DISEASE! I'm mortified lately by how much of my day careens past with barely my notice because I'm engaged in writing columns (ok, that's at least creative productivity), reading other people's columns (ok, that's justifiable, because I'm broadening my horizons and supporting my friends and our craft), checking Twitter (well, that's just about all that keeps me from being a total hermit), responding to emails (that's a lie because, since I got a Blackberry, just about all I do these days is just a quick thumbed response or INTEND to actually open my mail on my computer for a lengthy response and then never do) or responding to columns. (See how LONG this response is getting??? Aha, therein lies much of my day.) Laundry (albeit clean) is now piled in a heap just outside the dryer, because that is where I tossed it so I could thrust in another load of wet, clean clothes to dry (and then another and another - we're talking HEAP here!), my kids were wiping their fannies with napkins because I couldn't get to the grocery store - despite being at home all day - and dinner this week has gone from home-cooked meals the second they walk in from school to ANYBODY WANNA HAPPY MEAL? And all because I just. can't. seem. to. live. my. life. separate. from. the. mouse. (But see how I justified most of it?) Sigh. OK. Now I seem to have written my own column for today. Thanks for letting me spill it onto your page. ;-) "Trust Life's unfolding..."

Don't like the photo in my post....I looked like something between a veal and a mushroom. So, I laced up and went for a run! First time in YEARS! Filled my lungs with fresh ocean air, stretched the legs and the sweat felt good. FIRST THING I did when I got back.... yup....still and addict!

Sometimes it amazes me that I can be on the computer all day at work and then I come home and I get on the computer again.