Reflection Sunday: What I Can Do With an Extra Hour

by Thirteen of Clubs

I am writing this Reflection Sunday post at 7:38 on Saturday evening. It’s dark outside, so I can see my reflection in the French doors. (Excuse me while I close the curtains. The neighbors really don’t need to see this, and the last thing I need is a six-foot-wide mirror. [Six-foot-wide or six-feet-wide? I did a brief search, but lost patience. So someone just tell me the answer, mkay?]*)

Cool. I have a blip.fm account now. Not sure how long this will keep my attenti…

Oh, look. Someone on Twitter just reminded me to turn my clocks back an hour before I go to bed. Spring ahead, fall back.

Joy of joys! An extra hour. I need to plan for this. This is big. I know, I’ll make a list and choose the best one.

Top 10 things to do with my extra hour:

10. Mark as read a few thousand more blog posts about NaNoWriMo in my Google Reader.

9.  Finally list my wedding dress, my blue and white dishes, my leather blazer, Dan’s broken deep fryer, and that big piece of furniture we’ve started calling The Magic Box™ on craigslist.

8. Actually fold the laundry this time.

7. Sleep in. I’m going to need that extra hour of sleep to stay up for The Walking Dead on AMC.

6. Wonder who at AMC decided that filling Mad Men‘s time slot with a show about zombies was a good idea.

5. Bake that guy cookies.

4. Read this post a few more times.

3. Figure out how to hug that mom.

2. Fill in the editorial calendar for the Suess’s Piece eNewsletter through December 2012.

1. Nothing. Realize that this is the same bleeping hour those jerks kidnapped months ago. Only now it’s used and it smells bad and it has Stockholm syndrome.

* An aside within an aside. Be amazed, people.

  • Dan

    Damn… That deep fryer…

    Can it be turned into a coffee table in any way?

    Anyway, with the extra hour, you could either write more, or you could rid your house of all those pesky freakin’ ninjas running around.

    • http://blog.emilysuess.com Emily Suess

      Actually, I don’t think it’s possible for me to write more. But I appreciate your input, Love.

    • http://blog.emilysuess.com Emily Suess

      Actually, I don’t think it’s possible for me to write more. But I appreciate your input, Love.

  • http://www.adventuroo.com Adventuroo

    heehee– this post is great! I especially love #10 as I’m seeing lots of that lately too. I have kids so I imagine they’ll just be up uber-early which sucks for me!

    • http://blog.emilysuess.com Emily Suess

      Too bad tykes don’t come with a snooze button!

  • http://www.adventuroo.com Adventuroo

    heehee– this post is great! I especially love #10 as I’m seeing lots of that lately too. I have kids so I imagine they’ll just be up uber-early which sucks for me!

  • http://www.nibblemethis.com Chris

    You killed me with #1, just perfectly funny and witty.

    • http://blog.emilysuess.com Emily Suess

      Always glad to make someone laugh! :)

  • http://maniaravings.com Jaffer

    I came here via the Junk Drawer – (what a magical drawer – that can actually bring me here too eh ?)

    Anyway, I had to comment that I am with you #4 -I can’t stop telling everybody: that kid was very brave – I just know, he’s gonna grow up to be a confident young man.

    • http://maniaravings.com Jaffer

      Oh dear … you are a poof … a roof … a *proof* reader !
      (scared)
      That means my grammatically unperfect and mispelled comments will be read letter by letter !

      (oh no ! is unperfect a word ? is there one ‘s’ or two ? … eep !)

      • http://blog.emilysuess.com Emily Suess

        Actually, I’m pretty forgiving about typos and misspelled words. I’ve been known to make a mistake or two in my lifetime, believe it or not! ;)

  • Charles

    I like number one. We gained the hour because it was taken from us months ago. I still remember walking home like a “zombie” we sprung ahead.

    • http://blog.emilysuess.com Emily Suess

      LOL! Somehow, I don’t think any of us ever fully recover from that.

  • http://www.kidtogrownup.com/ Bobbi Janay

    I have know idea what happened to my extra hour.

  • http://www.junkdrawerblog.com JunkDrawer

    I was mortified a couple days after my “Week in Review” post because I’d said with confidence “Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead.” But then I decided not to edit it or admit my mistake because people who know me know me and probably didn’t think anything about it. My idiocy is legendary.

    I’m loving your blog! And thank you for your visits to Junk Drawer. I’m glad to see Jaffer made it over here. He’s one of the funniest and most entertaining guys I’ve met through blogging, and even had the pleasure of meeting him in person.

    I poked around your business pages and I’m terribly impressed with your experience and writing skills. You make me want to hire you!

  • Redsneakz

    As predicted, I spent the extra hour listening to sobbing.

    • http://blog.emilysuess.com Emily Suess

      I bet you’ll pleased as punch to give it away again come Spring, Sneakz. :D