<p>We’ve joked about being addicted to CC, but I really scared myself yesterday. It was a nice day off, Presidents Day, very relaxed. Hubby ill in bed, younger son off snowboarding. Just me and the dogs. So I could do whatever I wanted.</p>
<p>Here’s what I did with my day:</p>
<p>Spent about two hours on CC while drinking two cups of coffee
Ran one load of laundry
Took dogs to the woods for an hour
Tidied the kitchen
Spent in total about two more hours on CC while drinking a glass of wine</p>
<p>Here’s what I didn’t do with my day:</p>
<p>Call a friend to thank her for sending me an article about my son that I hadn’t seen
Start working on my taxes
Pay bills
Go to the gym
Shower
Make dinner</p>
<p>I’ve decided to limit myself to no more than one hour a day. If that doesn’t work, I’ll have to quit cold turkey.</p>
<p>Hopefully my stint in Cyprus this summer (no internet access) and study abroad next year will free me from this procrastination-friendly site. It’s just so darned useful, though. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Allow me to help you rationalize this behavior…As a mom, you are always on duty and hence never get a vacation day unless you have gone somewhere sans kids. So therefore you are entitled to snitch a few hours here and there. The walk in the woods counts as exercise, so you had that covered. Next time I would suggest a nice relaxing soak in the tub.</p>
<p>Yeah, but you’ve got a few more excuses to keep at the college stuff than I do, B. My D is the last to fly from this nest. I may have to adopt. Or you can share???</p>
<p>“Oh! Very good question, young lady! For all kinds of reasons! Some people think they need it just to get through the day. And some people just like [to post] and can quit whenever they want… like me! [<em>starts surfing CC threads fervously</em>]”</p>
<p>I am not looking at this thread, I am not looking at this thread, I am not looking at this thread . . . . </p>
<p>I must have an awfully sad life if that’s what I did on my day off. And yeah, I was at the woods for an hour with the dogs, but that’s just the aerobic portion of the exercise. I also need to do legs and abs and all those other mushy body parts. </p>
<p>I mean, I was sitting at the computer, annoyed because there weren’t any responses to my responses yet, because I had just MADE those responses three minutes earlier, and in the meantime I hadn’t called my friend . . . or had a live conversation . . . or even showered. What is wrong with this picture?? </p>
<p>Hahaha VeryHappy Mom, you didn’t shower because the dogs don’t care (probably like you better unshowered, being dogs) and the people on CC don’t know that you didn’t shower–or at least they didn’t until now!</p>
LOL. I know what that feels like. Recently I posted what I thought was a riveting (O.K. maybe not riveting, but dang funny) post (albeit on a minor thread) that would send cc combatants to the parapets to defend the honor of their side and I found myself really really disappointed that no one had responded. Postive. Negative . Ambivalent. Nothing. Zippo. For hours. It’s like giving a party and nobody shows. </p>
<p>Count me with b. I’ve tried to quit several times but …it keeps pulling me back in.</p>
<p>Hello. My name is curmudgeon. I am an addict.</p>
So THAT’S what happened to me!?!? I go and throw cur a lifeline, and the man pulls me back under! :eek: Now, we’ve gotta find someone to rescue us BOTH!! :D</p>
<p>Cur, I did the same thing – HYSTERICAL post, about the dog and his scrotum – (remember that thread from yesterday? Very funny.) Yes, I know; highly offensive; I should be banned – I really thought I was a riot; I was rolling on the floor . . . and not a peep. People posted after me and of course referenced the post BEFORE me.</p>
<p>I kept clicking on that thread, reading my post, and laughing outloud. And this was even before the glass of wine.</p>
<p>^I totally hate when people post after me and act like my post wasn’t there…didn’t they notice my pithiness, (or my, well nevermind), my wit, my acuity? How could that post be ignored? Better refresh and look again…</p>
<p>(okay, it’s late, the glass of wine, or two, might have something to do with it…)</p>
<p>I come here from time to time just to see whose here. It’s like, "I remember that one, I remember that one.I wonder how they and their kids are doing. " And then I see someone I remember who posts, “Hi, I’m just posting to say hi and I’m here!” Gheesh. This place is weird. Ghosts!</p>
<strong><em>ROFL</em></strong> ;)</p>
and I found myself really really disappointed that no one had responded. Postive. Negative . Ambivalent. Nothing. Zippo. For hours. It’s like giving a party and nobody shows. </p>
(Don’t want to ignore the post before mine. You might get all pithy on me.)</p>