Being pulled two ways

I have the disk. And I really really want to read it. However, I am weary. I know if I read it, I will start to think about it, about what comes next, both in the next book, and in the state of the current one. I'm gonna be flooded with fancy for Ishalia and the publishing world... however, the labour day long weekend needs me to be intensely focused on the plight of a Albuquerqueian girl -- I can't afford to be in Ishalia. I don't know what to do....

To read, or not to read...