What In Tarnation?!?!? In the Classroom

My To-Do-List is out of hand. I think I understand a little of what Heracles went through on his second task fighting the Hydra. The Hydra was a particularly nasty little monster. Heracles valiantly fought the Hydra. In an effort to dismember the Hydra, Heracles would cut off one of its heads. Good idea except when he did, two more heads would spring up to replace the fallen head. When Heracles finally found a way to chop off the heads without others appearing, wouldn’t you know, the last head was immortal. I hate when that happens.

My To-Do-List is evidently the distant cousin of Heracles’ Hydra. Every time I complete and mark off a task, two POP up to replace the one task. It will be my luck that the last task on the list is immortal. I have even stopped mentioning to others when I complete a task because when I do they seem to take that as an invitation to replace the finished task. “Oh really? Well, I am having this issue….” Spring! A new task. Joy!

A reader may be asking why I am writing in my blog rather than working on this supposedly horrendous to-do list. Fair question. It is because I am avoiding my to-do list. Let me break it down Dwight Schrute style:

FACT: When a task is completed two or more tasks replace the original.

FACT: Each time a task is finished the list actually grows rather than shrinking.

QUESTION: Why would a person continue to complete tasks if the list gets bigger rather than smaller?

FACT: The list continues to grow even when tasks aren’t being completed but at a much slower pace.

CONCLUSION: Stop completing tasks idiot.

FACT: Bears eat beats. Bears, beats, Battlestar Galactica.

So here I sit, not completing items on my to-do list.

Wait a tick here! Completing a blog post was on my to-do list! Dang it. Better not check my e-mail to see was two requests are going to replace this one.

Class dismissed!

PS - I do have one slightly used to-do list that I am going to sell to the highest bidder. Bidding may begin in the comments…. NOW!