Fuzzy brain and floundering

The rain has decided to stop humoring me and classes are back. But after a 6 day break (which was about as productive as trying to get me out of bed on a rainy sunday morning) Classes have morphed from the stressful daily grind into cruel and unimaginative torture. I've fallen off the horse and its galloped too far away for me to get back on. I just need to get the bugger back in range so I can plop my ass firmly back in place. Now what sort of trap can you set for a metaphorical horse? A metaphorical carrot perhaps? got to get me one of those....

(Let's try for shorter frequent posts instead of the disjointed monthly epics I usually throw at you.)