A Week or Two of Dull

Recently, while discussing mutual concerns with a friend, he made the comment, "I guess life would be pretty dull without problems." Dull? Dull? I'll take a week or two of dull.

If I had just a week or two of dull, here's the short list of what I could get done:

• Fly to Hawaii to see my son, Kyle.



• Catch my bulging journal up.



• Vacuum the cobwebs off the ceiling in the family room.



• Help my daughter clean her room, including inside the drawers and under the bed.



• Organize a recyclable monthly menu plan.



• Read a book . . . any book.



• Begin a regular exercise program.



• Return all my email messages.



• Paint and wallpaper the kitchen and dining room.



• Sew a dress for my granddaughter.



• Sleep in and take a nap on the same day.



• Finish writing the short story I started five years ago.



• Move the couch and vacuum underneath it.



• Watch Oprah.



• Bake cookies.



• Figure out which diet will work for losing ten pounds.



• Did I say read a book?



• Get this article sent to my regular newspapers in time to make the deadline.