Post- Placement Reports And Procrastination....

Today I got a call from my social worker reminding me that D's 2 year post placement report is going to be due soon.... well it is not due in Russia until May 15, but there is a good bit that I need to get ready for it. In reality, the post placement is a simple little document--- a few recent photos of our family, and a synopsis of what the last year has been like in our home. The part that gets time consuming is the fact that I have to document all of D's medical history for the last year. One would think that I, knowing that I would have to do this, would have kept a nice neat file of all of his doctor appointments so that I could simple write down the dates and results of these visits. Well of course I have not.... my organization skills are quite lacking. At least that has been the case for the last year. I used to keep nice neat files, but now I simply pile papers up and move them around... eventually I combine the piles and place them into boxes or bags to be sorted out and filed later. Well, later never comes. So now I have to actually go through these papers and make a time line for this report. I have 3 months in which to do this, but I most likely will wait until the last minute... then I'll get stressed and irritated with myself. Just for the record though, I am not complaining or downing myself by saying this. I am simply stating facts. I am a procrastinator. I know that I should change this behaviour, but that would require lots of dedication and work. And I am simply not there yet. Maybe you can say I'm lazy or overwhelmed or just place "spacey", the simple fact is I do this all of the time. I know this about myself, and I accept it. I may not always like it... and I know others don't like it either. But this is the way it is. Maybe someday this will change... or maybe it won't. Only time will tell. In the meantime, I will just sit here and surf the Internet while many many household projects go unfinished..... And tonight I am fine with it! :)