I’m taking a week off from the internet in order to finish this book.

I really need to finish this book.

Remember this?

Banjo Man and I have a road trip coming up, but we can’t head west until I finish the book.

I am not even looking at maps, just so I don’t get distracted.  I’m not packing yet, just so I don’t get distracted.

Banjo Man is hiding in the basement, just so I don’t get distracted.

I wear headphones all of the time, just so I don’t get distracted.

Yes, we are very strange.  But we’ll be on the road soon and then we’ll act as if we’re perfectly normal.

Really.

This is how I’ll feel after the book is done, like I’ve just crawled out of a great big fish.