This morning, after getting back from the gym and having breakfast with my family, I went upstairs to my home office. I needed a shower pretty badly (even the neighbor two houses down was complaining) but I wanted to check my email, a couple news sites, blah, blah, blah.

One thing turned into another and by 9:30, I was still working on the computer. Realizing this, I got up, went into the bathroom and started the shower. It takes a minute or so to warm up so I went back to the office for a moment. And then the phone rang.

After a moment or two of deciding what to do, I answered it. It'd probably be a quick call. Nope, it's a graphic design client of mine who works for the local power company. We've been missing each other's calls, have a bad phone connection and he's crunched for time -- so I couldn't put him "on hold." Dang.

So, as we go over the project, I can hear the gallons of hot water slipping down the drain in my bathroom. My mind wandered for a moment and I couldn't help realizing that, while I was on the phone with the power company, I was wasting electricity as electrically-heated hot water went down the drain. Talk about borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

Now, if I could just get the water company to hire me, I guess I could come out even...

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