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" 1. Relief that your vegging-out time has arrived. Finally! Home from work. Man, these new ballet flats are not breaking themselves in. I wonder if that Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: SVU episode I was watching on Instant last night is still paused at the exact place I left it at? I think Stabler was asking the kid to show him on the doll where his stepdad touched him.   2. Enthusiastically getting your lazy on. Yep, still paused right there. Sweet. Let&amp;#039;s do this, Especially Heinous Crimes.   3. Remembering Those Plans You Have. Oh shit, I&amp;#039;m supposed to meet Katie for drinks. Nooo. I want to bail. I haven&amp;#039;t seen her for ages though!   4. Guilt. What do I do? Can I cancel for no real reason other than laziness, or is that the worst?   5. Rationalization. Everyone cancels sometimes. Katie canceled on me once! Yeah, it was because her house was on fire, but still, I was totally waiting at that bar for, like, 15 minutes alone.   6. Scheming. I could lie and say that the plans I had tomorrow I actually have today, or that I have to go to the eye doctor or something? But I&amp;#039;m such a bad liar.   7. Figuring out how to flake without annoying him/her. What about if I just tell her that I&amp;#039;m too tired but say, &amp;quot;Rain check?&amp;quot; Then she knows I&amp;#039;m serious about rescheduling and not just blowing her off. It&amp;#039;s not raining. I guess that doesn&amp;#039;t matter, since it&amp;#039;s just an expression?   8. Getting a second wind. You know what, though? Someday I&amp;#039;m going to be an old hag with rickets and cataracts and wish that I had taken more advantage of my youth to go out and do things besides lying down.   9. Determination. I should go meet Katie. I really should. I know how this SVU ends, anyway It&amp;#039;s not like Benson and Stabler are finally gonna have sex.   10. Rationalization, Part 2. It&amp;#039;ll be fun once I&amp;#039;m there! It&amp;#039;s the motivation part that&amp;#039;s tough. The putting-pants-back-on part. Maybe it&amp;#039;ll be easier if I just wear leggings.   11. The last-minute laziness victory. YES, I AM YOUNG! I AM YOUNG AND GOING OUT TO TAKE ON THE\u2014 Oh, it&amp;#039;s raining now. I&amp;#039;d better cancel.   12. Send text with zero guilt. &amp;quot;hey katie! rain check?&amp;quot;   RELATED: 10 Things You Should Never Say to a Single Twentysomething 19 Things You Should Never Say to Someone Who Just Got Dumped  Follow Anna on Twitter.   Photo Credit: Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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