the blahs
January 29th, 2007 @ 7:54 pm | miscellany | Post a CommentI know I’ve been a pretty lame blogger lately. I seem to just stare at my computer screen and the only thing that comes to mind is blah, blah, and blahhhh.
I don’t think it’s just blogging though. I think I might have an all-around Official Case of the Blahs. I’ve been neglecting my emails, feeling lackluster at work, and dreading the gym (even though once I get there it’s never as terrible as I’ve imagined). I haven’t actually planned Andrew’s 30th birthday party, even though I’ve spent hours thinking about how I am a bad wife for not throwing him a big party.
I kinda figured this might happen. The wedding is over. The holidays are over. It’s cold and dark outside. I’ve got a zillion deadlines at work but none are exciting or energizing like they could be.
I don’t mean to be so whiny. I actually kinda hope that by being whiny on here I can avoid letting it seep in to my actual life. Heh, I kinda doubt it though.
I feel like I am ready for the next big thing in life (no, not a kid) but I am waiting for someone to come tell me what that thing is. Perhaps Andrew will get a job in a new city and then I can have a new project (moving! travel! job!), but until then, I’ve got my 9-5 life pretty set in stone. Or hey, I’m open to ideas! Anyone? Anyone?
I know all of the Anti-Blah things I should be doing right now and I actually am doing them: setting up mini-dates with girlfriends, going to the gym, pampering myself with a new haircut, cooking healthy and yummy foods, etc. I’m bound to snap out of it soon enough, right?
Until then, you all may just have to listen to me blah, blah blahhhhhhhh.
I totally wish I could help you, but I am feeling exactly the same way. I think it must be a January thing. When I get in funks like this, I try to think ahead and plan, plan, plan. Like, what am I going to do on Valentine’s Day? What are Edgar and I going to do on our anniversary, which is at the end of February? It’s the little things…but seriously, the feeling blah at work is the worst and I have been totally feeling that way…and there is nothing I can do about it. I’m stuck at my desk until 5. Grrr. Wow, didn’t my whining just make you feel oh so much better, just ready to take on the world?
written by Lindsey
January 29th, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
It’s ok to feel blah. Sounds like you are doing all the right things! I think January is just kind of a blah month.
If you have any great 30th bday ideas, please pass them on because I shall be planning a 30th bday party for H this year!
written by -R-
January 29th, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
The blahs are totally normal and it being January doesn’t help at all. I’m pretty sure that I wrote something like this a few months ago and you gave me a faboo comment. So hopefully, now I’m returning the favor.
I feel like the only surefire cure for blahs is a nice fat dose of stress, which I think would come along if you had to move and find a new job. But I think that’s a lot to pull onto yourself. So… maybe you can pretend to have a teeny bit of stress? Like start a new crafty project? With a deadline? Then, unlike, at work, you have a fun new scarf or purse! Right?
written by RA
January 29th, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
I’m a bit blah too. Blah.
written by E :)
January 29th, 2007 @ 10:28 pm
I suppose I’m probably not much help in the blah department because my evening routine is to come home from work, immediately put on pajamas, scrounge something up for dinner, and vegetate on the couch. Usually there is a computer involved in this scenario.
Hopefully when spring comes, we all snap out of this and become productive!
written by angela
January 29th, 2007 @ 10:56 pm
Oh god, how could you not be blah with the weather the way it is? Plus, there’s always some post-partum stuff after a lot of exciting change.
I feel the same way–my life has been Exactly the Same for over a year now… I’m dying to do the moving in with AS / applying for grad school thing this fall. Can’t stay in the same “place” for too long!!
written by Laurel
January 30th, 2007 @ 12:26 am
Poor girl! After wedding planning and holidays - things can get in a rut. As much as I love schedules and routine, I love having something to look forward to!
You could throw yourself into birthday-party-spectacular. That might hinder your blahs and hush that “bad wife” voice in the back of your mind.
written by Aimee
January 30th, 2007 @ 12:30 am
Feel free to kick me, but after coming back from my holiday I sort of feel the same way - I’m wanting something wonderful to happen, but it’s just not happening!!
Maybe it’s a Winter blues thing for you? Although it’s Summer here and I’m just as lazy and unmotivated. And I JUST started work for the year, help.
Keep on looking after yourself, chook.
written by Alyndabear
January 30th, 2007 @ 5:44 am
Dude! I need some anti-blah help too. Want to come to the gym with me? It’s a long drive to Chicago though. Damn.
Lame case in point: My husband and I went to a fundraiser on Saturday. We each sipped one drink all night long. We were home by 10:30. OLD MARRIED PEOPLE. Gah!
Anyway, hope things perk up for you!
written by Marianne
January 30th, 2007 @ 10:23 am
I know, I know! Plan to come visit me! Having something to look forward to can always help (I think.) Or maybe I should come see you!
written by Alison
January 30th, 2007 @ 11:09 am
I’ve been totally blah lately too. The highlight of my day yesterday was watching 24. Ugh. Yesterday I found myself actually wishing that we were moving, so I’d have a big project to work on. I can’t believe I actually thought that. Me, who said I never wanted to move again, EVER (not really, because I don’t want to live in Baltimore forever, nor do I want to live in this tiny house forever, but I do not normally relish the actual act of moving).
I am counting the days until Daylight Savings begins. That is usually what snaps me out of my winter funk, and this year it comes two weeks early. So, at least hurray for that!
written by Jen
January 30th, 2007 @ 11:46 am
I think it’s like the mid-winter blues or something. Kinda feelin’ it myself. So what I do to pick myself up is I listen to radiomargaritaville.com. I mean, who can feel down and sour and sad when listening to Jimmy Buffett sing about islands and the tropics and hearing steel drums and such? It always gets into my system with a dose of spring fever. Also, just turning on some good peppy music while baking a cake or something helps; I like Jack Johnson or this Cajun CD I have from the Putamayo people. How about getting a couple of fake tans, just to sort of feel the warmth and get a glow on the skin? Hope that helps you get out of your funk!
written by Chiada
January 30th, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
Take a trip to California! That’ll cheer you up! No blahs here… the sun always shines in LA!
written by Lauren
January 30th, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
It must just be that time of the year, I’m blah too. I hope you snap out of it soon, it’s not fun, I know.
written by SJ
January 30th, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
Dude, I feel the EXACT SAME WAY. But I keep forcing myself to blog. And then I’m ashamed at how lame my posts are. Which makes me feel more BLAH!!
Good for you for making dates and getting new hair. You rock.
(Hey, I threw my hubby an awesome surprise 30th party years ago. Maybe you should do that for Andrew!)
written by Isabel
January 30th, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Jan/Feb are total months of ennui for me too.
Although, Valentine’s Day is coming up!
written by rachel
January 30th, 2007 @ 7:28 pm
Sorry you’re feeling blah….I’m not sure how to get out of it myself. You’re so good at crafts, do you have any project ideas? As for blog blahness, I’d be interested in hearing your opinion on Hillary in ‘08 if you want to give it =)
written by Emily
January 30th, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
I’m blah, too! I feel like I have nothing to say. For what it’s worth, I still find you interesting.
written by Jurgen Nation
January 30th, 2007 @ 11:14 pm