そうこう

adverb, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

this and that; one thing or another

Used when referring vaguely to various things or matters, often in the context of doing or dealing with them. Can be used adverbially or with する.

• そうこうしているうちに、時じ間かんが過すぎてしまった。

  While I was doing this and that, time passed.