This Funk Is A Punk!

For the past two months, I have been in a funk.  This is not unusual.  It is the long stretch of post-Christmas, pre-Spring in Western Pennsylvania.  The days are short, the weather is crappy, and the sun is rarely seen.  We have had record snow in the month of February.  I am battling laryngitis and a cold.  Our house is cold (our windows are original to the house-130 years old original) and the only thing I seem capable of accomplishing nightly is to sit on the couch under my heated throw with the computer on my lap and the television on.  I then go to bed feeling guilty and exhausted and like a big, pathetic sack of poo.  (How's that for eloquence?)

I'm not alone, though.  I have had many friends tell me they are in the same funk.  I guess it's good to know you're not alone in this, but I've been struggling for ways to climb out of it.  It's not a depression type funk, either.  I'm happy, just lazy.  So lazy.  Some nights, I can't even make myself go into the cold kitchen (a large narrow room, with only one radiator in one half of the room) to clean up after dinner.  It's gross, my friends, just gross.  But like every funk I've ever experienced, there comes a moment when you're just tired of being lazy and funky.  Sunday was the day.

Thankfully, I had to get out of bed before anyone else and head off to T.ar.get because I had inside info that they were going to have some W.i.i's in stock that morning.  (Builder Boy's birthday gift) I did some other needed shopping and was home by 9:30.  We went out for a yummy breakfast and were home by 11.  Usually, we're not even out the door by this time!  So we made the most of the long day we had.  No work, no commitments, just being together as a family.  We played a bit, watched silly cat videos on You Tube (which, by the way, makes Builder Boy cackle with laughter!), and finally cleaned.  We cleaned two rooms thoroughly and one room partially.  It felt great.  It is invigorating to "get something off your plate" that is hanging over you.  It was just the act of getting off the couch that helped melt away this frozen funk I have been in. 

Today, I am continuing on in the same way...determined to make something of the time when Builder Boy is in school, I have already in 45 minutes, vacuumed the entire downstairs, checked work email, graded 1 1/2 long school papers, made a delicious pot of tea, messaged with an out-of-town friend, and wrote this post.  I know I can't keep up this momentum all the time, but you better believe that I am going to enjoy it while it lasts!  Now, to finish 15 1/2 papers before preschool pick up time...

Happy Monday, everyone!

Comments

[Grace]

I hear you about the lack of sunshine. After dinner tonight I have to go lead my daughter's 4H meeting. I've decided to give that up for next year, pretty much because I don't like going out in the cold dark so many months out of the year.

A Wii for the birthday boy---he'll love it!

Hope the rest of your day was equally productive. :)

[Heidi]

I'm with you in the funk, too. I made myself a home organization notebook and that seems to be helping me stay on top of things a little more than I had been. I can't wait for spring and warmth and sunshine!

[Stacey]

Kudos to you for taking BIG steps to get out of that funk! I honestly can't imagine winters like you have in your part of the country. I'm not cut out for them! Here's hoping that the groundhog was wrong and spring will be here soon. Keep up the good work!