Too Many Distractions or Too Many Excuses???

Ned, our 8 week old Border Collie came to live with us last Saturday and as he arrived, control and calm disappeared down the road.

He's not a bad puppy - he just has so much to learn and already, he will sit and wait (for a few seconds anyway) and ask to go outside to do his business most of the time. We give him a treat when he goes and he thinks that by doing half a wee at a time, he gets to double up on his treats. Not bad for a bag of fluff with just a week of getting to know rules.

But he does take up a lot of time and to be fair, a lot of my patience. I'm not particularly known for having a lot of patience and the little I have seems to wear down quite rapidly. But I know I have to put the time in now to reap the rewards later.

With that said, my writing as taken a back seat so far back that it's out of sight. I was determined to sit down to write on my blog today (Ned is having a nap having been awake since 6am so I have taken my chance while I can.)  I also want to finish a mini-edit of my current master piece today so that I can crack on and finish that. But at what point does the housework get done? The house is a mess of mud and dog hair at the minute. What about time for much-loved, but neglected cat with his nose pushed firmly out of joint? At some point, I also have to get ready for the working week ahead which is stressful at the moment so the last thing I want to do is come home and look at a screen for another hour.

So are these valid distractions? Should I just go with the flow of getting Ned settled in (or moved out if he continues to stress my cat!) and worry about my writing in a month or so. Or am I looking for excuses not to write and if so, what does that mean...