A Frazzle Dazzle Day
Happy birthday, Ben! 
Do you ever feel frazzled for no apparent reason? If so, then you know how I’ve been feeling for the last week. I feel so frazzled that I turned down hanging out with my friends tomorrow night. 
I want to spend time with them, but it just seems impossible to do right now.
I don’t know why everything seems impossible either. It’s not like I have a lot to do right now. I work, I come home, I eat dinner, sometimes I clean, I ride my bike for about an hour after it cools off a bit, I spend time with Corey, I spend time on my computer, sometimes I read (not as often as I’d like to right now), and then I go to bed. Sure, most of that time is spent sleeping or at work. And, I have some pretty steep deadlines on the horizon, but I’m not needing to put in any overtime to accomplish them. It’s not like my free time is affected. What’s the big deal then?
I think I feel so frazzled because I’m spending way too much time on my computer doing something frivolous. For the record, I don’t consider blogging, reading/sending e-mail, or talking with friends as frivolous or a waste of time. But, I do consider aimlessly-playing-Solitaire-or-Mah-Jongg-for-hours-because-I-don’t-feel-motivated-to-do-anything-else as frivolous and a huge waste of time.
Also, I still feel like my routine isn’t back to normal from when I went to Las Vegas. As I’ve said before, I’ve seriously never had a business trip affect me as much as this trip has affected me. The only time I had a near breakdown was when I was gone nine out of 14 weeks in 2004 with hardly any weekends or free time to myself. But, that was because of the umpteen million trips all at once not just one measly little trip to Vegas.
As some of you know, changes and I don’t mix very well unless I instigate them. For example, I instigated the bike riding so I’m completely okay with it and I love it! Whereas, my routine changed because of work-related stress and events so I’m kicking against the pricks as hard as I can!
What do I do now? How do I get rid of this frazzled feeling? I just need to either deal with the change in my routine or go back to my previous one. I also need to put my computer down when I start playing Solitaire or Mah Jongg. At that point, its usefulness has run out and it becomes a hindrance. And, most importantly, I need to calm down, take a breather, and just be okay with things.
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Oooo, I hear you! It’s so tough to get out of the wasting time (I struggle with it every day!). I haven’t got any really good suggestions…but I end up feeling just as frazzled when I fritter away time…I’ve been thinking about listening to books on tape so I can accomplish something and slack off, as it were. If you get any good suggestions, please pass them on!
Ya I have those days, and weeks….in fact that has been my last couple of days! Hope we both pull out of it!