I feel like I’m ahead of things today.

I probably have no practical basis for that feeling. After all, it is Tuesday, and I am supposed to be here pretty early on Tuesdays, as most of my Tuesday work is slated to follow. On the other hand, in recent weeks and in recent days I have been so far behind schedule that I have been going to bed after three, even after four, and pulling myself back into action at five, trying to stay awake until around seven (and last night was not different). However, I am awake, I am functioning, and I am progressing. I have even e-mailed one of our Collision songs to the drummer.

What will I do, being so far ahead of things? I will remember not to enumerate the total quantity of barnyard foul during their period of incubation, and focus on what I am actually doing instead of what I might do if somehow I wind up with time to do more.

–M. J. Young