Hours gained, efficiency lost

Without the rest of the family around, I am not as efficient as I am with them. I spent the bulk of the day working on a lot of things, but I think there is simply a practical limit on how much work I can do withotu crossing my eyes. I wanted to read last night, but wound up watching Batman Returns on DVD. It’s like that trick you do when you lean against a wall and try hard to raise your arm. When you step away from the wall, you can’t seem to keep your arm down. Total hours wise, the absence of family responsibility will be a boon to my various projects. But it seems like its a lot more work to stay on task when the hours aren’t rationed between local commutes and reading stories at night.