I've been lollygagging

Main Entry:	lollygag
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dawdle, delay
Synonyms:	Drag, fritter away, hang about, lag, linger, loiter, dally, play around, play games with, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, trifle with, waste time, while away

Do you love that word? Lollygag.  A word not used often anymore. (Another word missing from our daily language these days -- "whippersnapper" -- but that's another post completely.) I've been L.A.Z.Y. lately - hanging about, loitering, procrastinating, putting off, wasting time, and tarrying.

I'm not normally a lazy person, so I needed to take a look at what's been going on and why... and come up with a solution.

I realized that for the first time in my life, I've not been getting dressed before coming downstairs in the morning. I always get up a half hour before my husband, and I used to get up, take a shower, and get dressed, then come downstairs and start my day. But for the past three or four months, unless it's a day Mr. B is arriving at 7:30, I've been getting up a bit later and coming downstairs in my bathrobe.

Bathrobes are made either for putting on after having a bath, or for lallygagging. You can't be productive in a bathrobe. At least, I can't.

My bathrobe is blue, floor length, and a warm, cuddly thick chenille. Just putting it on relaxes me, hugs me, makes me want to put my feet up or sit in a comfortable chair, accompanied by a cup of tea and a good book. It does not, however, invite me to grab a load of laundry or vac stairs or wash floors. It says "Ahhh, yes - let's relax" where as slacks, a sweater and shoes and socks say "Yes! Let's Go! We're outta here!". See the difference?

So sadly, I made the decision that my bathrobe and I will succumb to lollygagging only on Sunday mornings. No more lollygagging for me.

Main Entry:

energetic

Part of Speech:

adjective

Definition:

full of life; forceful

Synonyms:

active, aggressive, animated, ball of fire, breezy, enterprising, forcible, fresh, hardy, high-powered, indefatigable, industrious, kinetic, lively, peppy, snappy, strong, sturdy, tireless, unflagging, untiring, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy

Oh boy - vivacious and zippy. I can hardly wait!