Today I am on the third day of being stuck at home.
Well...technically...not quite as stuck as the picture might imply...but nearly.
I always struggle when I am required to stay at home because of things that are related to "home ownership". You know things like repairs or the dreaded "preventative maintenance" tasks that come with owning a home. Today I have painters here painting the trim on my house. The trim actually is part of a series of repairs that have been happening around here. I will tell you more about the adverse effects of wood frame houses in the Midwest in the next day or so. Enlightening stuff, I assure you. ***cough, cough, fingers crossed***
But for today's topic, I am talking about boredom.
Thought Number One: Boredom is amplified by the fact you know you can't leave the house.
If I was free to just jump in my car and go somewhere, I might choose to stay here and get a few things done. I have some hardwood floors that could use some polishing. I have some material waiting to be made into draperies and I have a stack of books waiting to be read.... but none of this sounds remotely interesting because I am stuck here. The fact that I am not ABLE to leave my house today, puts the kebash on any enjoyment that I might derive within my house today.
There is something about having worker-guys hovering around my house that keeps me from being relaxed or productive. It is what I call the "rat on the ship" syndrome. When forced to stay home, I equate it to being a rat on a sinking ship. I can only focus on my eminent demise when I should be focused on perfecting my breast stroke.
For the purposes of my analogy..today I am the rat and I am going down with the ship.
So instead of being productive, I am holed up in my office in front of my computer doing what what all uninspired time wasters do...playing around on the Internet.
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| Deja vu |
Which brings me to my second thought
Thought Number Two: There are good and bad aspects of hanging out on the Internet
Normally, I am not a huge Facebook person. OK to be clear, I like FB enough to read it and be thoroughly amused by all the little quotes and silliness. I am just not good at participating. I am seriously thinking about starting up a group for all of us "dysfunctional FB users". Perhaps we could hire trainers to improve our FB proficiency and do remedial FB classes.
Because of my forced incarceration today, I have been on Facebook picking up great insight to peoples lives.
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| Bad day for someone |
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| Oh no, another bad day for someone |
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| Aren't they cute.The Sisters got out of the house...er..convent today. They aren't bored. |
After spending an inordinate amount of time amusing myself on Facebook, I have moved onto Amazon.
My lack of participation on Facebook is made up in spades with my enthusiasm for Amazon Prime. If shopping on Amazon was an Olympic sport, I would have a gold medal. One click, it's mine in two days and I don't have to go into a store.
I suddenly realize the cure for boredom when one is a rat on a sinking ship....and it is not swimming but ...shopping.
Today is going to be an expensive day.
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