Time Zappers

Time zappers can me a negative, or a positive, given the situation. Sometimes you need to just sit in front of the TV or go out with your friends, relax and waste time as you let your mind shut down for a while. As much as I enjoy just plopping down on the couch and watching the latest Kardashian drama unfold, ok well maybe not that but you get the point, I tend to get caught up in clearing out my DVR and before I know it I’ve spent the last 4 hours laying there covered in chip crumbs and my fiancé is nagging me to get up. I know there’s more productive things I could be doing like finally building that bookshelf she’s been on me about, or getting an early start on reading a chapter for school, but being the glass half full kind of guy I realize that I’ve just worked upwards of 60 hours this last week not including school and I needed to just disconnect from the world for a few hours on a cold Sunday afternoon. Then there’s the time I waste at work, whether driving43 hours one way for a 30 minute meeting or playing a round of solitaire while I’m waiting for a phone call to finish up a project or order, or maybe taking that extra 10 minute smoke break. One of the things that annoy me most is that I have customers that stretch up north to Waterloo, down south to Burlington, and to the far abyss that is western Nebraska, and on occasion I have to travel and it usually takes twice as long to get there than I actually spend with that customer. I enjoy a nice road trip but if you’ve ever driven through Nebraska you know that it takes all of your willpower to stay awake, and when you’re constantly driving to the same places it gets old, fast. But it’s the job, and it’s what has to be done, and the nice thing about it is when I’m on the road I don’t have to pay for a single thing. Not that bag of chips from Casey’s, that prime rib dinner, or the 10 or so beers it takes to muster the courage to sleep in the Bates Motel somewhere between Kearney, NE and Satan’s