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 I am a world class procrastinator.  I put off some things because I just don't want to do them, like many forms of house work.  On the other hand, I put off some things because I want them to be done really well when I finally get around to doing them.  Happily, over the years, I've learned that it's better to just get things done, but it does help if I have a deadline.  Like company coming as a spur to getting the housework done. When I taught, grades had to be turned in by a certain time.  When I did mortgage lending, paperwork had to be ready for closings.  Now that I'm retired, I don't face those deadlines very often but this week I had two.  One was a rather detailed report that I have to turn in to Presbytery each year to let them know everything is ok with our church records.  The actual deadline for that was April 30 but at a Zoom meeting last week we were told that the deadline was flexible.  Really not a good thing to tell me, kind of an invitation to procrastinate, but, since I was almost finished anyway, I turned it in on May 5.  When I did so I was told that I wasn't the last one.  Kind of good to know.  The other deadline was more self imposed.   On May 14 we're having a reception for a show in our church gallery featuring art created by church members during the pandemic.  I've been weaving a series of four tapestries (I use the term tapestry loosely) that are symbolic of what we've been through during the pandemic.  As I finished each one I gave it to my friend who is organizing the show and she would hang it in the gallery.  Finally, this morning, I delivered the last piece, just in time for the show and for a camera crew from WANE tv who came today to film an interview with the people on the gallery committee.  I have no idea if my pieces will show up on tv but at least they are hanging in place ready for the opening next weekend.  And I am feeling no pressure at all.  It's wonderful.  Kind of what I thought retirement was supposed to feel like.