Regret?

Ok, what do you think...will I regret this decision?

Its 10pm at night. I need to work on my French presentation. Though I got home about 2 hrs ago, I haven't started it yet. (Bad of me, I know-- writing blogs, checking up on internets and news - it takes a lot time!)

My partner never really said when she would need the stuff by, but I know her work schedule and I know she would prefer it before midday tomorrow but would be able to take care of it afterwork too. Therefore there isn't an immediate rush to get my information into her mailbox.

As you can tell, this sounds like the beginning of a long winded excuse.

The real reason that I am talking about this: I went to open up powerpoint, all my word documents (with links, outlines, the start of my speech, etc) -- myfiles is not working. Myfiles has actually be out of a while because they're changing the system, but because I rarely use it I didn't even think about it.

That means what am I left with: she did email me the powerpoint (rough draft), and I have some ideas from yesterday, though not the beginning of the speech, more recent sources and a more detailed outline.

I also know that I work better in the library. Here, I get distracted by internet. I think of random things to google and that leads me into a tangent that amazingly takes an hour. I mean, just look here: three posts in one night. Ridiculous.

So, though I could work here, it isn't as good of an environment and I don't have all my comfort resources laid out nice. The reason I asked to be taken home instead of to the library was because home sounded more fun for 8pm. I would probably make that decision again, to be honest, but it may not have been the right one: I get a lot more done at the library.

So this is what I am thinking. It is only 10:10. If I shower real quick (to get the smell of cat poop off me, I'll tell you about that later, its not that exciting), I could be in bed by 10:30. If I get a full nights sleep, I could still be on campus at 8. I start work at 10, which means I would have 2 early morning hours to work. I may need coffee, but they could, in theory, be very productive. The plus side is all I have is work, not class. That means if I'm on a role I can always cancel work.

Though it smells like procrastination to me, hence my long defense, I think there is some logic in it. If it works out. If in the morning I decide, eh, well I have tonight...then I will be screwed. In order to make sure this actually happens I have to a) get to bed ASAP and b) think of this as a MUST DO, that this is last minute, it is a fucking presentation = scary. Things are less scary when you finish them ahead of time. Therefore if I can come home from work tomorrow evening with a finished powerpoint and speech, all I would have to do is practice = not scary. I just have to drill that into my head and allow NO change of opinion tomorrow morning.

So...what do you think? Will I do it? Does this sound reasonable and logical to you? Do you think I will get more done tomorrow morning than tonight? Will I regret this?

Let me know what you think! Technically I'll know the answer when I check this next, and seeing as no one checks this that frequently anyway, I'll prolly post the answer before people comment....

*Sigh*

That was long.

Amy

PS. I guess my logic is this: I predict I will get nothing done tonight, due to lack of resources, knowing myself and the general harderness of working at home. Basically I want to get to bed early enough to get work done tomorrow. Problem is, going to bed w/o doing HW = extremely guilty feeling.