Inertia

Inertia (noun): indisposition to motion, exertion, or change: inertness.

Here is what I would like to do for the next 25 days:

• Sit on my couch.
• Read.
• Sleep.
• Watch mindless television.
• NOT COOK.
• NOT CLEAN.
  
• Surf the internet.
• Float in a pool.
• Talk to Beki.
  

Here is what I am actually doing:

• Entertaining a very active almost three-year-old who is not content to sit on the couch for more than 30 seconds, unless "Clifford" is on PBS.
• Watching "Clifford" on PBS so I can sit on the couch for a full 30 minutes.
  
• Getting the baby's clothes, bedding, and room ready.
• Standing at the splash park in my gigantic (but cute, I'll admit) polka-dot swimsuit, supervising Noah and beating the heat (99°, no joke).
  
• Visiting every drive-thru in a 10-mile radius. (My dream of not cooking is being realized, but at the expense of my waistline. Wait -- what waistline?)
• Doing laundry at a snail's pace. (Wash one day. Move clothes to dryer next day. Fold three days after that.)
  
• Sleeping on the couch, then the bed, then back on the couch, then giving up.
  
• Swimming in Beki's new community pool (HEAVEN).
• Relying on my husband for just about everything else.
  

And that's about it. I would write more, but... Who has the energy?