Shoulda, Coulda, Wouldas

I'm in the dark for a couple of weeks and, while basking in the glory of having complete control over what I do between seven and ten on weekday evenings, I do understand that there are plenty of other things that I could be doing with that time. So it was that, last night, I was all set to be a productive bunny after work. I lost out on my ride to dance class and there was no way I was braving the torrential rain to take two buses in the middle of the night for the later class, so I settled in to my table at the writing center to do other productive things. So long as I was there, it wasn't bad. The trouble started when I left for home.
I'd been back and forth over whether I should go to Foster-Tanner and practice or go straight home. Alack, the seduction of home time proved too alluring, and I ended up packing it in, knowing that there are plenty of productive things that I can do a casa. Here are the things that I could have done while I was at home:

clean
practice
exercise
braid my hair
write
do homework
study
read
work on my audition package
work on my plan of attack for auditions
pick up correspondence
plan for the rest of the week
make meals
work on applications
build my language skills

Here is what I actually did:
make chicken
watch the Kardashians
play on my phone

...yeah. No bueno. I partially justified my lack of productivity to myself with the fact that I didn't have to go to my first two classes in the morning, so I would have plenty of time to be productive, and I was well within my rights to rest a bit. Fast forward to this morning. It's after nine thirty, the time that my second class starts, and I'm just getting up. I need to shower, dress, and eat before I get out of the house, not to mention get some food to campus so that I don't go hungry the rest of the week. I emd up being ready in plenty of time to catch the bus, but no time to do anything else. My two free classes are moot.

What have we learned, children? Well, for one thing, I learned that none of my alarms were set properly, a thing I need to watch out for. For another, I can't be trusted to accomplish things that aren't specifically on my agenda. I'm going to have to operate on a much tighter leash from this point forward. For now, I'm in time out.