Life with my brain, spring fever edition

[truepenny]

I have fallen into a abyssal pit of the dontwannas. I'm also bored and restless, and if you think this is a double-plus ungood combination, you are correct. In the part of my brain that is observing both the dontwannas and the bored-and-restless, I am also annoyed, because you'd think the two would cancel each other out. If I don't want to do anything, how can I be bored? And vice versa.

Piece of cake, says my brain. Let's go do something!
--What?
--Oh, I dunno. Something. Something fun!
--Like?
--Oh, I dunno. God, why are we still sitting here?
--Because you haven't told me what you want to do?
--But I don't know! You think of something.
--We have to go to the grocery store.
--That's boring.
--We have to go to the bank, too.
--Boring-er!
--Post office?
--Oh puh-leeze. I said, something fun.
--Like?
--Oh, I dunno.

So I'm simultaneously a bored toddler, a sullen teenager, and an exasperated parent. The lack of win in this scenario is epic.

And I have to go to the grocery store, the bank, and the post office whether I want to or not.

Comments

[illian.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad my brain isn't the only one doing this today. Being in an office where a third of the people are sick isn't helping things either.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

There seems to be a lot of it going around.

Also, your icon is perfect.

[marycatelli]

been there, done that. Not fun

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

doesn't everyone love a bookshop?

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

... except the dour Puritan part of my brain which says that's spending too much money on frivolities.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

in your case aren't they a professional deductible expense? :)

[marycatelli]

Deductibility mitigiates but does not remove the expense.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

true. but they presumably mitigate the impression of frivolity as well.

[marycatelli]

No Puritan will be put off by an argument as simple as that.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

People who go to the post office get to pick out a treat. I am not the one who made this rule, and my dad wouldn't teach me a false rule, would he? I am just the messenger here.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

No, I have the utmost faith in your dad.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I bought myself a chocolate chip cookie for doing all my errands.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

My dad and I approve of chocolate chip cookies.

[raeraesama.livejournal.com]

Certainly know the feeling there. I'm having my own bout of that.

I usually end up spending the time fooling around on StumbleUpon or doodling.

[heresluck]

It could be worse. You could be sitting on my couch trying to finish a recalcitrant novel!

Hey, what about a Due South write-up? Or does the suggestion merely strengthen the resolve of the sullen teenager? *g*

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

It's not a bad thought.

Possibly after I've done my knight errandry (like knight errantry only with less of the rescuing dragons from damsels) and exercised, I will be able to sit still long enough to do that.

Seriously, I am Ray Kowalski today, with the twitchy and impatient and driving Fraser up the wall. *g*

[heresluck]

I am Ray Kowalski today, with the twitchy and impatient...

The comparison had crossed my mind, yes. *g* I suppose you could watch vids as a reward for your knight errandry: like watching the show, only bite-sized!

[inizitu.livejournal.com]

From this post, I conclude that our brains should never meet, as they would likely be terrible influences on one another. =)

[fuchsoid.livejournal.com]

This sounds horribly familiar. I have it too, and since I am supposed to be on a diet, the usual strategy of bribing myself with cake is out.

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

You may also be the Fab Four-like vultures from Disney's version of The Jungle Book.

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

Got a greenhouse or conservatory in your parts? For after errands?

[1crowdedhour.livejournal.com]

Eleven hours of daylight will do that to a person. My theory is that even those who do not suffer from SAD get a bit wiggy at this time of the winter. This can lead to adventures.)

Be careful out there.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

Eleven? You get eleven? *envies*

ETA: Ok, I lied, we get eleven *now*. But a month ago we didn't.

[1crowdedhour.livejournal.com]

Neither did we. In fact, we don't get quite eleven yet. (Maybe by Friday.)
But the days are definitely longer, even if the weather is no better. Such a welcome change!

[frostedelves.livejournal.com]

Ugh, so much sympathy-- I'm having this exact problem today too, only with dishes, a different boring errand, and needing to get a big chunk of progress on freelance work done.

Good luck with yours.