David was happy with the progress he was making on the homemade globe for his science class project. He’d applied a layer of papier-mâché all over a round balloon to give it shape. Once dry, he used a layer of chicken wire to provide structural integrity before applying the next layer of papier-mâché.
David’s mistake happened when he decided to take a short break. He opened his laptop and logged on to Facebook. Six hours later he realized that his “short break” meant he’d have to pull an all-nighter to have his globe ready in time for class the next day.
(100 words)
Written for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ Friday Fictioneers prompt. Photo credit: Douglas M. MacIlroy.
This, That, and the Other 
Yes, that does happen when you are on Facebook for a “short” while!
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Social media is such a time sapper
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Yeah, tell me about it!🥴
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Can totally relate. That does tend to happen!
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Yep, done that in work…!
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Now that I would believe. Good job.
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He went down the Youtube hole! We’ve all been there!
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Why, though? Why does the time go faster when you’re online whan when you’re, say, reading a great book?
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I think if you’re engrossed in something, be it online or reading a great book, time speeds by.
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*than, not whan 🙂
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We’re all prone to the same distractions. Animals in funny costumes regularly steal hours of my life.
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It’s so easy to be distracted!
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There’s too many distractions on line, unfortunately.
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Wow. A good example of why we need to unplug when we are working on a deadline. Hope he succeeds.
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The computer can suck you in…kind of like the Bermuda triangle. LOL
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