worry wart.. worry what?

ever heard of the term "calm before a storm"? that's exactly what i feel i'm experiencing right now.

during team meetings, people talk about this new project that's expected to pull manpower from all places. i'm one of those resources targeted. more so, i was tagged as one of the primary developers. we have an offshore team taking care of the pre-work stuff, and once they are done, they will shove it over to us to continue the more "complicated stuff". i know nothing about the "complicated stuff", and i know i should be asking. but i'm not.

this is the calm part. once we hear back from offshore, the storm begins.

while the project was still materializing in the past weeks, i was given simple work items to fill my idle time. i was given the task to set up 2 computers for development. the boxes sat at my cube for almost 3 weeks before i finally got it working. then i was assigned a work ticket that was supposed to be done today. i'm still doing development, and testing will be a pain in the rear, but i'm not fazed. i really should get this done by friday. i can't afford to be caught in the eye of the storm while i'm still building my sails.

am i procrastinating? or just avoiding unnecessary worries? i cannot really say they are unnecessary, because it is work-related, and worries at work lets you avoid missing deadlines and details. i read somewhere that worrying is the mind's way of preparing us for something worse. it drives the human psyche to do good and avoid what was being worried about.

how much worrying is good, and how much is bad? what draws the line between lack of worries and procrastination? i'm worried that i even ask about this. =P