OK. It's not funny anymore.

[featherynscale]

I was looking forward to this not having a job thing. Thinking, "Oh, great, I'll have time to do all the things I want to do and never have time to, etc." Ha. Since I'm at home all the damned time now, the list of things I want to do, or have the necessary inspiration to do has gotten really really short, and none of the things on it are even at all productive.

I did manage to re-start my daily ritual practice, which is good. It's kind of like going back to the gym after a long time away - by the time I'm done with the sequence, which is short, I'm exhausted. Really, that's been it though.

I'm going to try to do something at least vaguely useful tomorrow. I don't know what it's going to be, but I'm really not going to sit around and read and play Diablo. I swear to the gods, I'm not.

Comments

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Um... you could find a job? Or failing that, you could find me a job :-/

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

Well, you've been working full-time with very little time for yourself for how long now? It's only been a couple of days, give yourself some time to unwind.
On the positive side, you have restarted your daily ritual practice, and you worked on the Adult RE stuff yesterday. So, you did do something useful.
I'm a big advocate of setting smaller goals that may or may not eventually work toward a big goal, but they are achievable. (besides, wasn't on of your goals the 50 book challenge; so reading would be progressing toward that goal...) Try starting with smaller goals and you may find your motivation and progress are better.

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

well this is the first time you have gotten a real vacation where you don't have anything at all to do, nobody to see, nowhere to go. it's ok...you have only been off a few days. give it a little while and you will get motivated. of course i could always just come over and get you motivated. i'm good at that sort of thing. :)

You used to be the Mistress of Slack

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Seriously, though. I think the others are right, you're used to having 7 million things going on (especially the last 6 months, with Adult Ed). Now you've got 9-10 more hours five days a week, and 6-8 hours on the front part of the week from not planning a class, and... it'd be enough to overwhelm anybody's busy schedule.

Today's Wednesday, if you want to get brave and bold and go take recycling over to K-Mart on Bannister... I think they open at 11am.

Oh and despite the monkey, the dog is bored to death. I fear he may do something...striking soon.

Re: You used to be the Mistress of Slack

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

You could always arrange a visit (at your place or ours) with agrnmn for a double-dose of doggie chaos and Stunt Dragons and Anime Coatls and such...

Afternoon distractions

[lightonthesill.livejournal.com]

Check in with iron_clad he's done with class at 12:30pm and may be up for some doggie fun... There is a John Party this Friday and we are spending the afternoon gathering costume bits.. It's "Come as your favorite/patron god/goddess" So...much more gold body paint is required. ; ) You are welcome to join us on our outing to U.S. Toy this afternoon. I'll be at work till then - feel free to call.

Re: Afternoon distractions

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

If it matters, we seem to have quite a bit of the water-soluble gold body paint left over from Eye of Ra - we could maybe even help you apply it if necessary. :)

Re: You used to be the Mistress of Slack

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

See, the thing about Slack is that the art of it is finding it where it shouldn't exist. This is an embarrasment of slack - there's just slack lying around everywhere. No art, no sport to that.

I will take the recycling over - where exactly am I going?

Re: You used to be the Mistress of Slack

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

K-Mart parking lot, over across the street (south side) from Red Lobster/Bannister Mall/etc.

Take I-435 around the curve north, get off on Bannister Rd. Go east, and just stay in that eastmost lane until you see K-Mart.

There's some big flattened boxes in the garage if you think you've got room, otherwise we'll manage them with the hatchback at some point. Since they started closing at 5:30 I can't get there after work like I used to.

Donkey shorts.

Cha.

[drummel.livejournal.com]

I'm right there with you in the out of shape practice.....And now that I don't have much work going on I am as well trying to find things to keep busy... I'll venture to the library somtimes,, maybe read about a new subject,, but still,, *yawn* I'm thinking of perhaps going on some nature walks over at Shawnee Mission Park... or perhaps the gym...anything productive that keeps me out of the apartment would be welcome; If you wish to conspire something later that would be at a low cost, let me know.

Re: Cha.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Where do you go to the gym at? That would be something terribly useful for me to do as well.

Re: Cha.

[drummel.livejournal.com]

The Athletic Club of Overland Park which is only a couple blocks from my apartment. I found a free 2-week trial offer in the phone book, so you most likely could locate one as well. The Club is on Marty Rd.. Other coupons are: Free Fitness Assessment, 1/2 initiation Fee OR if you join b'fore the end of the free pass recieve 0 enrollment... I havn't gone to it yet, but will probably start tomorrow: I hope to get buff and cut for the HPF, lol..especially if I'm gonna be running around half nude. Today I'm staying free hoping to recieve a phone call from Argosy.

Re: Cha.

[liquidfun.livejournal.com]

only half nude?

Re: Cha.

[drummel.livejournal.com]

Yes, well I havn't been fully paganized yet. I assure you that within in a year I'll probably be frolicking freely as well.....probably...

Re: Cha.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Mik said today was your day...

Re: Cha.

[drummel.livejournal.com]

Yep. Thinking positive and glad to have her confidence.

Not to dissaude you from hanging out with Drummel in tight shorts

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

But we could also look into the Red Bridge YMCA, which is startlingly close to the house. :)

Re: Not to dissaude you from hanging out with Drummel in tight shorts

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

True. However, if I wanted to go over there in the daytime, that would mean I'd have to go by myself, which, if history is any indication, I probably won't do very often.

(Not that I'm knocking the concept of Drummel in tight shorts, but it's really the motivation that I'm after.)

Re: Not to dissaude you from hanging out with Drummel in tight shorts

[drummel.livejournal.com]

heh, To Ease your Fear, There Will be NO wearing of Tight shorts by myself... I've been wearing boxers since 12 and doubt I'll return to anything more constraining then that.. I'll probabbly wear something similar to what I wore for Highschool gym, which where loose fishnetty layered poly shorts..that is when I have money to buy gym clothes.. Till then I'll just sweat it out in whatever.

Re: Cha.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Never been there myself, but highly recommended by several of my friends is Curves for Women. You might find it interesting, or you might run away screaming, I'm not sure. Possibly worth at least a look, though.

Re: Cha.

[kittenpants.livejournal.com]

Of which there is also one in the Red Bridge Complex, startlingly close to the house. I have got to get in shape, too...

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

What? You mean, lolling about in process isn't appealing to you? :: poke, poke ::

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I don't at all mind lolling about in process. My issue right at the moment is that there's no process, just lolling.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

it's the metabolic process, man.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Not that I have as much of that going on as I'd like either, see above re: going to the gym :)

[digibri.livejournal.com]

Diablo?
Have you tried...Diablo II yet?

B.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Indeed - that was what I meant to say, actually :)
It's the addictive goodness.

[digibri.livejournal.com]

Ah, cool.
I think the asassin from the expansion is my favorite character class.

I got an xBox this holiday season and have discovered Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes. It is amazingly similar to Diablo II, and you can play up to 4 people cooperative, a la Gauntlet. It uses just enough of the 3rd Ed. rules to make the character developement fun and interesting, but not so many (# of attacks - spell memorization) to inhibit the dungeon crawl romp.

Awesome cut scenes as well.

B.