Do you ever just get to the end of the day and wonder what you did with it? I tend to do that and then look back and realize I've actually done a lot of little things -- primarily because I'm not a fan of doing nothing -- so by habit, I end up doing stuff.
Today -- an empty day -- I got BBQ and went to the construction site of a friend's house, chatted him up about my old church, networking, and his new house. I dropped water off for testing by a lab. I ministered to a friend in Boston and prayed with him.
I took a call from the office about purchasing FC/SC fiber strands from our vendor, and approved the order.
I installed a new stock management program, read the Wall Street Journal, watched Friday Night Lights online through a piped feed to our flat screen TV, updated my daughter's iPod, bought a new AC detector at Home Depot, got a tea Misto at Starbuck's, played with my friend Pat's dog, watched Raiders of the Lost Ark with my son (to help make sure he skipped the scary parts), had our friend Pat over to dinner, and wrote a background article for a friend that's writing an article for the New York Times.
Then I organized the songs on my iTunes, downloaded a new app that sorts songs automagically, called my semi-estranged brother and talked about the relationship between the Native American nations and the BIA, but I forgot to call my wife's uncle Steve about coming over for dinner.
Finally, I read all my emails (about 20), and wrote this post.
...just another nothing day -- so why don't I feel like I did anything?
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