Top 10 Things I Would Rather Be Doing Now (instead of writing an essay exploring a close reading of lines 121-146 in Paradise Regained, Book II):

1. Taking pictures
2. Taking a nap
3. Playing with the cats
4. Sitting on my patio reading a good book
5. Watching a movie with all of the windows open
6. Shopping
7. Walking
8. Driving out RR 32 with the windows rolled down, listening to my now-fixed cd player
9. Drinking coffee at some nice little cafe, reading the newspaper
10. Getting my eyes lasered again, or a root canal, or that really fun appointment that women have to do every year.

I think you get the picture.