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12.28.2005 :: The mood is dismal, the sky is blue
I know I should do a long overdo mitten update. But I just can't for some reason.
I know I should vacuum the living room. But I just can't for some reason.
I know I should do the sinkful of dishes that I thought was a good idea to leave last night and it turned out to be a birdbrained idea. But I just can't for some reason.
I know I should wrap phase 2 of Christmas gifts. But I just can't for some reason.
I know I should knit. Anything. Just knit. But I just can't for some reason.
It seems like everything is just taking way too much concentration and I can't be bothered. This is not a good sign, is it?
BUT: The sky IS blue. And that's a good thing.
Posted by Sandy on 12.28.2005 AT 09:18 AM
Comments
Since everyone seems to be in the same boat, maybe we could call this Post Tramatic Christmas syndrome and crack open that New Year's champaigne a bit early. Works for me, anyway.
Posted by: Laura on 12.29.2005 AT 01:32 PM
Hugs, Sandy - I know just how you feel...which explains why I am still sitting at the computer at 10:38, telling the kids to play together.
Posted by: Jackie on 12.29.2005 AT 10:38 AM
Move over bird flu. This is the REAL epidemic--women all over America staring at undone housework, uncooked meals, dirty laundry, and we don't even feel like KNITTING. When you find the cure, be sure to post it!
Posted by: Ellen on 12.29.2005 AT 08:57 AM
*That* is an awesome Sandy picture.
Posted by: claudia on 12.28.2005 AT 11:18 PM
I know that you know that I know exactly what you mean. Day 3 and holding, for some freakin' peek of a light at the end of the tunnel.
Posted by: Marcia on 12.28.2005 AT 10:48 PM
Sugardoodle, sometimes you just gotta say WTF, and relax. Your sky is indeed a beautiful blue. xoxoxo
Posted by: Kim on 12.28.2005 AT 10:35 PM
yup, I'm there with you too. I have this week "off" and finding motivation to do things is more difficult then I could imagine. Today, in fact, I decided that everything I needed to do could wait until tomorrow and spent the day in my pj's. I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling this way!
Posted by: Kristen on 12.28.2005 AT 05:13 PM
Sounds like a doldrums day to me. No advise for ya, just sit it out. :) I wish I could too, but the whole "they don't pay me if I don't go to work" sort of curtails that.
Posted by: Colleen on 12.28.2005 AT 02:54 PM
Me too. My to-do list is getting more and more stagnant. And I don't even care.
Posted by: Laurie on 12.28.2005 AT 02:03 PM
I feel the same way today. Think it is catching? I wonder if the is an antidote?
Posted by: Paula on 12.28.2005 AT 01:06 PM
There's nothing wrong with taking a day off from life. I wish I could do so more often. It's good for you.
Enjoy a day off. The energy will come back soon enough.
Posted by: Imbrium on 12.28.2005 AT 12:35 PM
Wow, I'm feeling the same way. I have loads and loads of laundry to do, the same second round of presents to wrap that you said you do and I am just feeling blah. I am knitting and I'm trying to fake work, but ick...I'm ready for another long weekend.
Posted by: LeAnne on 12.28.2005 AT 12:29 PM
Atta girl. I hereby nominate this day "Sandy's day off".
Posted by: stephanie on 12.28.2005 AT 11:41 AM
I'll be right over. We can enjoy this same mood together.
Posted by: Teresa C on 12.28.2005 AT 10:10 AM
Long hot bath, movies on tv, nice cup of tea and a day of Nothing is called for I think. And if you want to knit something, make sure it's something for YOU. The inability to concentrate or be bothered isn't so much a bad sign as it is a sign you just need some time to recharge your batteries.
Posted by: Rachel H on 12.28.2005 AT 10:07 AM
Sounds like you still need to decompress from the holidays. I hear you. I'm with you. Are there any good movies on t.v. today?
Posted by: Ruth on 12.28.2005 AT 10:01 AM
Some days are just like that. Post holiday let-down, maybe?
Posted by: Carole on 12.28.2005 AT 09:56 AM
Thank you for posting! Want to know why? Because I have read all my blogs and sent back all my emails and I have nothing left to procrastinate with before I have to go back to all the work I have to do! I said to myself, okay, I'll check bloglines one more time and there you were! YAY! Now I can write you a really really long comment that will waste more of my time so I don't have to get off my ass and finish the work I have to do, fill out insurance forms, fold clothes, vacuum, do dishes, file crap, throw out crap, move crap around so it doesn't look like there's so much crap. I could knit, but then I'd feel guilty because I'm not doing the above list of crap and well, I'm tired of feeling guilty and honestly I'm tired of my house being a mess, but I can't for some reason. ;-) L, C
Posted by: Cara on 12.28.2005 AT 09:44 AM
Me too, I'll get moving if you will. I was supposed to have a deposition this morning, and I really didn't want to go, although the income would be very MUCH appreciated right now. But it canceled at the very last minute, and I must say I was relieved. Did I say relieved? No, overJOYED. But here I am just sitting here. I think I will go brew a pot of tea.
Posted by: Norma on 12.28.2005 AT 09:44 AM
A little time to decompress, destress and hug yourself is in order. Tea and cookies anyone!?
Posted by: margene on 12.28.2005 AT 09:44 AM
I hear you, Sandy! (She says as she sits in pajamas, sipping a cold cup of coffee, repeatedly hitting *refresh* on Bloglines.) Gray skies here.
Tell you what...I'll get moving if you will. ;-)
Posted by: Jan on 12.28.2005 AT 09:38 AM
There's no way I am moving a finger. We cleaned the house and shopped for enough food to feed an army, then Santa brought us each a cold for Christmas. We have been living off of our Christmas Eve deli spread for days now. I haven't knit a stitch for days, that's a sure-tell sign that something's wrong, right?
PS. keep an eye on your post box for a little cheer me up. I wasn't going to say a thing, but after this post I think you need a pep!
Posted by: Tiffany on 12.29.2005 AT 06:19 PM