Things i now have time for

Since Covid started, not having to travel for work has created quite the time bonanza.  Between that and not changing out of my pajamas, there are a lot of hours getting freed up.  That has led to some new ways for me to spend my time:

• Looking for the bottle of Pappy Van Winkle that we (I stress WE) received as a wedding present five years ago but that has been hidden from me ever since.  (Which is why we still have a bottle of Pappy to be looked for after five years)
• Watching an entire season of a television series.  This is now what passes for an accomplishment in the age of Covid.  I have actually written “Watch the next episode of Killing Eve” on my to-do list and then later patted myself on the back as I crossed it off.    
• Minute by minute watching of the credit card bill.  We spend HOW MUCH on that damn cat??  After reviewing our monthly spend with the rest of my household, I have learned a lot more about the depth, breadth and value of essential oils and why they are….in fact… essential and worthy of a hefty monthly investment.  (Fortunately, since the lights went out in Nashville, we do not have to have the same discussion of starbucks card reloads and the equally essential nature of $6 coffees.)
• Figuring out how to order ice cream to be delivered right to the front door.  Brilliant!
• Hobbies.  I now have three of them and it is becoming quite stressful. 
• Opening a surprising number of junk marketing emails that are helping me sustain my spending levels despite unprecedented challenges to same.  (I may never go to an office again, but I have a new collection of can’t-be-missed 80% off business suits if I do.)

Things I still don’t have time for no matter how many events/distractions get canceled:

• Sit ups
• Puzzles.  I just can’t.
• My taxes.  Which is even more ironic given I. Am. An. Accountant.
• Learning how to cook.  Apparently, the lack of time was NOT the issue. 

Of course, this is only week five.  I can’t see what week 15 brings to these lists…