Blah Friday

With as busy as I've been the last couple months, I've had the nagging feeling that I fell off the face of the earth. Metaphorically, of course. It's what happens when the perpetual motion you are in makes it a challenge to know if you are coming or going.

Having not left my parents' home today, I get that same feeling of having disappeared, although in a completely different sense. Time itself has slowed, and there's the possibility that nothing exists beyond this small town.

I don't say that as though it is a bad thing. I've sorely been in need of taking it easy after the academic quarter's pandemonium, and this is providing it. I would have liked to have been at least slightly more productive. I'd hoped to knit and read more. The knitting has not progressed much, and the reading has not even started. Still, I could use this family time even if the only moment to myself all day is in the bathroom.

So what has comprised my day if I'm not finding knitting and reading time? There has been the playing of bowling in Wii Sports. (It's the rare video game my dad will participate in, let alone request to play.) There has been eating of leftovers. There has been napping. There has been the playing of euchre. There has been listening to the Dayton-Auburn basketball game via the internet. There has been fussing over the dog, who must be one of the most spoiled creatures around because he knows how to play and manipulate with the best of them.

Sure, I suppose I could have made better use of my time, but if it's between this kind of lazing about and getting into the Black Friday madness, I'll stick to this end of the spectrum. I'd rather have a Blah Friday post-Thanksgiving.