the dark side of cooking

i've been putting this 

off all evening.

it is now 9:45.  i should have done it earlier, since i still have to go through the mail and fold a couple loads of laundry and ideally sweep the floor again and mop it before bed.  

most of the time i can just do the chores without getting overly bogged down in the drudgery of it all, but every once in a while my petulant inner child unleashes a whining mental narrative about how if she has to wash one more dish...

and then my rational side says, hey punk, let's get real here.  it's not THAT many dishes, it'll probably only take 15 or 20 minutes to do them.  and folding clothes is nbd, so suck it up and do it, sister.

hopefully my rational side will get me to the gym tomorrow morning.