I have one right now.
I got home with the kids, and they immediately skipped next door to play. And here I am with what will probably turn out to be an hour and a half to myself. It feels different from my alone time during the day, when I've planned out what I will work on, and actually stick to the plan (for the most part).
Because right now, I can do anything.
I know what I should do: research magazines looking for nonfiction science/nature/environment articles, revise my MS, work up quiz questions for my students, write a query letter, work on a new PB idea.
But this is my stolen time. The afternoon sunlight filters through the leaves of the trees outside and my plants have long gone untended, due to the excessive rain we received these past few weeks. This afternoon is the perfect stolen moment, so I'm going to enjoy it outside.
What do you do with your stolen moments?
I sleep.
ReplyDeleteHmm, sometimes I make myself a pot of coffee and just read blogs. I like that too. But, mostly sleep.
ReplyDeleteClarissa: Some afternoons, I sleep, too. But today was too gorgeous to miss. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a bad, bad girl. I usually spend it playing a computer game. Cards, Bejeweled, monopoly, those types. Theres a guilty pleasure I get from being totally non-productive.
ReplyDeleteHope the weather is enjoyable to be outside in.
........dhole
I try to spend stolen moments doing nothing. But that never lasts for long. There are weeds to be pulled!
ReplyDeleteDonna: I get horribly addicted to games like those, so I just stay away. :)
ReplyDeleteB Jas: Doing nothing is nice. Just sitting with the sun on your face, enjoying the world. But those pesky weeds have a bad habit of getting in the way.
Yesterday, I stole some time just to read a book, even though I had writing work to do.
ReplyDeleteAndrea: you can't write if you don't read, so you could almost call that work. :)
ReplyDeleteI usually sleep. Or blog. Or read other blogs. Like what I'm doing right now. :-)
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Fickle: Always a good use of down time. :)
ReplyDeleteI sleep or run or just sit by myself and think. I love a stolen moment. Shame you can't buy them :)
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