Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

I did a lot of research on the Internet this week at work. I can’t mention the topics I researched, but I was researching for a good four days. It isn’t surprising to reveal that the information available on the net is astounding.

Google is a great tool. The same is true for SourceForge and the Free Software Foundation.
I grew weary of all this searching. By today – Friday – I couldn’t look at a another little search field on a web site. All I wanted to do was go home and take a nap. And then cut the grass.

Please understand that all week long while I was searching on the net, it was raining here in the Washington D.C. area. It never really rained hard, but more of an off-and-on drizzle, mist, and fog. Even when it wasn’t raining, it was cloudy and the grass wouldn’t dry. It has been sunny all day today. The grass is perhaps dry enough to mow this evening. We have rain in the forecast tonight and tomorrow morning. If that comes true, conditions will not be right for mowing again until Monday.

There are outdoor chores to do, and this evening may be the only time to do them.

I like research. I love to learn and, believe me, I have learned a lot this week. It is time, however, to do something else.