I saw The Wife off this morning on her trip to Boston to visit family. So now I'm home alone, looking at all the little things around the apartment crying out to be done: dishes, the cluttered living room, my inbox, my tickler files, the book I'm close to done with. i.e. anything other than finishing the damn story I'm working on right now.
"Take a break," you might say. "Enjoy the sun! Have a cookout!" Already did those things, though, in small bits and pieces. But you're right, let's take a moment on Memorial Day to remember...
All right, I feel motivated now.