Sunday, November 04, 2012

Late night with dave email-man

So there I was, as I have been lately, working into the evening/night to make up for the fact that I have to leave work early to retrieve the kids from school and take them to their activities.

I enter an email conversation with a coworker when I maintain that I haven't the mental acuity to perform a specific task for which there would be a risk that something could go wrong. He questioned that I had the mental acuity to use the word acuity, but not the acuity to do the task.

Needless to say, such word fodder is a part of my vernacular.

I think clearest in the morning hours and leave for evening the tasks that require less concentration, and generally have significantly less risk. This is also the reason why I tend to fold laundry at night - not a whole lot of concentration or risk involved there.

5 comments:

Zhoen said...

Driving your children seems like it requires concentration and involves risk.

My vocabulary is often in inverse proportion to my ability to function.

I lay out my clothes and necessary items (keys, watch, glasses) the night before, because during that first hour after I wake, my brain goes very slowly.

Phil Plasma said...

Because I take the train, the area within which I actually drive is very small and not particularly traffic prone.

My vocabulary is not at all proportional.

I tend to get the next day's items prepared in advance most of the time; of course it is on the days I do not do this that I get out of bed the latest.

Shadi said...

you kill me :)

Phil Plasma said...

Shadi, I hope that doesn't hurt too much.

ghost said...

must never have done laundry in my hood. dangerous isnt exactly the word.