Procrastination

There comes a time in everyone's life when one faces a task he or she just does not want to do. Some work hard and quickly to accomplish the task and move on; and some procrastinate. I procrastinate. It is something I am good at, if one could be good at procrastination. I even like to say the word - procrastination. Procrastination. It is fun to say and fun to do, until you can do it no longer. But being that I am an unintentional housewife and, though my husband threatens to fire me, I can't really lose this job - no matter how hard I try, the only indication that I can procrastinate no longer is a phone call from my mother saying she is stopping by. I have received no such phone call, so I procrastinate.

Today, I had errands to run, calls to make, clothes to fold, dinner to cook and floors to sweep. I brilliantly plotted out my day and made the first (and as it turns out only) phone call. I needed to return shoes from my favorite online retailer Zappos.com. Expecting courteous (which I received - I LOVE Zappos!) though expedient service, imagine how pleasantly surprised I was that the customer service rep was friendly, funny and TALKATIVE! He made it so wonderfully easy to procrastinate and avoid the three piles of dirty laundry on my floor, as I curled on the couch and laughed at his silly jokes. I won't admit just how long of a conversation we had, but I will be forever grateful to the chap who signed me up for VIP service, convinced me to apply for a job cross-country and provided me with company and interesting conversation while I avoided all chores around the house today.

Thank you, customer service guy with the super cute southern drawl and impeccable phone manners! Project procrastination complete for today! Dishes in sink, check, dirty laundry on floor, check, innards of the closet strewn about the floor as though an earthquake hit, check. Today, rather than perform mediocre housewifery, I excelled in procrastination,  and I owe it all to the thoughtful conversation of a complete stranger, and I am truly grateful.