Shopping outing yesterday was postponed - will try again tomorrow. This week is forecast to be quite rainy and we don't have to lug bags of groceries through sodden parking lots.

I picked up a book I saw referenced in a review of something else over on Reddit; turns out it's mostly crap but there are a few gems buried in it. So I'm skimming through The War of Art. No surprise to realize as he describes what he has named "Resistance" is that Procrastination is a wide-ranging skill set. Handmaiden to procrastination is Rationalization, the process of deciding that you're doing something that needs doing, even if it isn't the thing you want and need to do. And pulling the trigger - do the work to set up a project then never getting started. Something akin to fear of success. All of these are old companions. When this is the water we swim in, if we see what we've been doing can we now defeat or at least reduce the effect?

How's the yard, the foundation, and the basement looking, Charmion? How is the unpacking progressing, Keb? Do you have a box near the door to put things you moved but decided you don't need after all? Dorothy, how are you feeling after the big trip? Patty, I'm guessing you're somewhere mid-trip, I hope it is going well and the wedding was as lovely as we always hope they will be.