Things I googled today...

Whenever I have a lot to do and no time frame required of me I do a lot of googling.

It's my way of procrastinating.

It's like I think if I'm googling something I'm being productive.

I mean, clearly I'm not being productive, but I somehow fool myself into thinking I am.

*For instance:

**"Instead of cleaning this fish when I get home I think I'll go googling."

Here is the root problem:

I'm really good under pressure.

It's true.

I am.

And that's actually a bad thing. 

For instance: 

If you told me right now: "You've won the lottery and are leaving to go to Venice in an hour"

(Feel free to tell me that, anytime)


Now, no one has ever told me anything remotely like that but if they did...

I could stop the mail, pack, spot clean the house and still have plenty of time for the Xanax to kick in before I got on the plane. 

See, good under pressure.

However, if you told me: 

"You are leaving for Venice in two weeks."

I would probably still wait until a few hours before I was supposed to leave to do all that stuff.

I really need deadlines and boundaries in my life.

"Hi. I'm a procrastinator."

SO, we have got to get the house on the market. 

Seriously HAVE TO.

Which means every closet has to be cleaned, organized and etc. 

And what did I do today?

Well...I googled.

In order to avoid what seemed overwhelming I googled.

Lets do a little list of things I googled today...

It's quite embarrassing actually.

It just shows off how bad I want to escape my tasks right now.

The things I googled are in italics.

The first thing I googled:

Is it expensive to move to Italy?


I mean, sure I want to move to Italy, who doesn't it?

A valid google I say!

Thing the second:

Lucca, Italy


Well, I was learning about it.

It was like a history lesson, I tell you.

Clearly not wasting time. 

Third:

The Uglies 


It's a book.

Juvenile Fiction.

I like kids books.

They've helped wean me off of romance novels.

Fourth:

The Wizard parent's guide


Fred Savage made this movie back in the day and my boys think its AWESOME.

'Think' being the operative word.

The movie is, in fact, not awesome.

"Don't you talk bad about The Wizard!"

The fifth google:

Why is Justice League PG-13?


The boys love this cartoon but several of them are rated PG-13.

It's important to know why.

See, I wasn't avoiding work I was being a good Mom!

Sixth:

Legend of the Seeker


I like Fantasy.

This movie looked bad.

 Today I watched it and it was, in fact, pretty awful.

I just can't buy into Fantasy with American accents.

Seventh:

When will the new Hobbit movie trailer be out?


Come on!

That's important to know!

And of course the last thing I googled:

Last minute Mother's Day gifts.


Well, obviously.

I'm good under pressure, right?

I don't need to have done it two weeks ago.

*In the interest of full disclosure that was a picture of me at 23. 

**I can't imagine a circumstance that would ever require me to clean a fish. Really, you don't want any part of a fish I've 'cleaned.'