What to do when there's naught to do

and so much to do elsewhere? It occurs to me that today would be a wonderful day for some much needed yardwork, but I'm at that point in my workday where I'm a lady in waiting.

Waiting for clients to call me back, waiting for sales to finalize contracts, waiting for my server to speed up so I can post something, waiting for emails and waiting to see where things will go - up or down - from their current, less than usually busy standpoint.

Normally, I'd relish the slowdown - the few moments void of the typical frenzy and challenges of organizing people and projects and the people of the projects. But today, with the sun shining and the winds gentle, I can only think of how I've always wanted to know how to operate our lawn mover and what a shame it is that I can't get over to the nursery to get some plants for our empty flower boxes.