Diversionary Tactics

Next Tuesday evening I am scheduled to "perform" (and I use that word loosely here) a humorous monologue for our ladies' group at church. I am not sure how this request came to me for sure, but I happily accepted six weeks ago or more when my cute neighbor Becky asked me to do this. Today I am having second thoughts.

Not so much second thoughts of presenting a humorous monologue, but the already too late second thought of "Why can't I seem to say 'NO'?"

I used to do this regularly in high school. This was back in my Speech & Drama days. I recall a monologue taken from Erma Bombeck that I particularly enjoyed. That is my aim with this one on Tuesday--another from Erma's collection. I am getting stressed however with my lack of decision on which piece of classic Erma I should prepare.

The kids were away today at our ward's Youth Conference activity--boating at the lake--and I theoretically had the day to work on this, yet I did everything BUT this. Typical.

But, in my diversionary busyness, I finished editing and correcting my blog book and ordered it today. 330 pages. Not quite as many as last year's, but almost.

Also, my cardboard and paper recycling box is ready to be dumped at the school's recycling dumpster and I baked zucchini bread with the hand-me-down zucchinis SIL Lori gave me Sunday, and I made fettuccine alfredo and steamed yellow squash (also from Lori's garden) for dinner tonight and it was dang good. I visited a dear friend's Neighborhood Carnival and dropped kids at an ice cream party and football practice. And now I sit at the computer. With the Erma Bombeck books sitting her next to me. Yet, I still avoid the decision making.

Tomorrow is day two of youth conference for the kids, so I probably could work on my presentation then, but I am sure something else will come up. It always seems to do that anyway, whether or not I am trying to be good and get my work done.