The Daily Fork in the Road

According to my post about blogs adding structure to the day, today has been a somewhat productive one already:

1. I still have 5 hours before picking up my son from daycare and my wife arriving home - plenty of time to make a major dent in work I have to do.
2. Having made one (albeit depressing) blog post already today, I feel marginally productive.
3. Adding to the productivity, I also learned how to link Twitter to my blog, how to make a reasonable avatar for myself, and how to tweet (and therefore blog) from my cell phone.
4. Along with the little feeling of accomplishment I also have a slight feeling of momentum, like I could enjoy continuing to do something productive, something on the computer perhaps. Getting the object at rest in motion in the toughest part after all.

But what do I really do now?

This is the fork in the road. This is the point in the day - usually right after taking my son to school - where I decide to take a quick break before getting to work, the quick break that ends with the sound of my wife's keys in the front door that evening, sending my heart pounding up into my mouth and my self-worth plummet.

Today I've got an unquestionable advantage. Can I take advantage of it?