The Art of Procrastination

This past weekend, I really wanted to do a lot of homework. Honest, I promise. But, when my phone buzzed Saturday morning, my weekend was done. Friday night I had made plans to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner with my cousins (the Kramers on my dad's side). I had a great time and a nice break from the homework I had done all day. I planned on spending my whole Saturday reading Guns, Germs, and Steel for my paper in my history class. When I woke up on Saturday, I had a text from my friend, Kim. She was hoping she could leave three of her four children with me for an hour or so while she and her husband went to test-drive some trucks. I didn't think it would be a problem (her kids are super easy) and the kids came over. One thing led to another and I ended up out to lunch with them, driving up to Highland to see Les Misérables with Kim, and then staying at her house for dinner. It was about 7:30, the day was blown, so I decided to go visit my cousins (on my mom's side) who live just down the street. One thing led to another, I ended up spending the night and didn't make it back to Provo until about 5:30 Sunday evening.  This week has been crazy catching up on all the homework and assignments I'm behind on from spending the weekend working easy and playing hard.  So what?  We can all relate to wanting to have fun rather than working, but it's okay to say no to people.  I have never been good with that.  I try my best to accommodate everybody, even if it means I suffer in the end. I didn't need to hang out with Kim after she came to grab her kids.  I didn't need to spend the night at my aunt's, but I didn't say no.  My lack of responsibility left this week super unorganized and me completely frustrated with how much work I had to do.  Now what? I will say no when I have too much to do.  I never again want to feel so unprepared and flustered as I did this week.