Opposite of Productive

Things I needed to accomplish this evening:

-Fold laundry

Things I've done instead of what I needed to do:

-Baked cookies despite the fact that I stepped on the scale this morning to find 3 lbs. I thought I lost. (Gasp)
-Made mess of kitchen that now needs cleaning post-cookie baking
-Ate 4 cookies. One for each lb I gained and one for good luck.
-Laughed while Haley pulled out all the baby wipes from the baby wipe thingy holder.
-Poked my arm multiple times even though it hurts from my Tdap vaccination
-Picked at a pimple on my face even though I knew better (and wrote new instead of knew..sheesh)
-Played with Haley
-Gave Haley a ridiculous amount of smooches for being so darned cute.
-Got Haley to babble something that resembled "I Love You"

Maybe tomorrow.

Comments

Erin said…

Sounds like a productive day to me :)

6/21/2012 10:02 PM

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