I'm on vacation. For ten weeks. And, while I'm not complaining (for fear of getting stoned to death by all the people who constantly tell me, "Must be nice to be a teacher with 3 months off.."), I must say that I have a tendency to get bored or go a little stir-crazy if I have too much alone time. I like time to myself, time to think, time to ponder, time to read, time to study, time to accomplish things. But too much time equals analyzation, overanalyzation, and that leads to conversations with myself. These conversations can be present-based ones that are possible, or they are complete Fantasyland versions of what I wish I would have said or would possibly say. The real trouble comes when these conversations take place OUT LOUD. With myself.
Oh the humanity.
So, to prevent such harebrained behavior, I try to keep myself very busy. Here are the things I've learned in the last couple of days while trying to occupy my mind...
1. My neighborhood pool is phenomenal. Minus the 21-year-old lifeguard that is friendly, athletic, in impeccable shape, and has a FAT diamond on her left hand. Oh how life mocks me.
2. When you spray bug spray around the perimeter of the high windows and you are aiming about 2 feet away, do it when a gust of wind does not come and spray the inseticide back into your face.
3. I still suck at lining the ceiling with blue painter's tape. It is just not one of my many talents.
4. You can catch up on 5 episodes of The Bachelorette Season 4 in about 3 hours time with the genius that is DVR.
5. A pretty girl in Lowe's will get all sorts of help from the garden department, plumbing department, and hardware department. They are so friendly!
6. I was at the HEB and saw an elderly couple in front of me, checking out with two cantaloupes (side story: that looked HILARIOUS when the checker held up the two cantelopes in front of her torso) and they had an entire shopping cart for those two items. I felt sad for them because I realized that they have nothing better to do than to make a daily trip to the grocery store because it passes the time. Then I thought, "Well, what else do you have to do at that age? HEB is probably the highlight of their day." And then I recalled that I've been to HEB 3 times in the last 4 days to buy single items such as mozerella cheese, paper towels, and foil.
I have become just like the sweet elderly couple (just with smaller cantaloupes).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment