Comments on: Not Exactly Blah

By: MinD

MinD — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:09:19 +0000

We all have those ruts, and it’ll pass. And with something like going home to look forward to, hopefully the skipping will continue and you can move into happy instead.

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:36:52 +0000

Ah, vacation! I live 1,000 miles from where I grew up, and I know what you mean. Though this can feel like home, too, there is just something about Kansas that’s home to me.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:21:42 +0000

I have to preface this by saying that I’m not at all sure we’re talking about the same thing, but I think it’s positively grand to have the occasional moments of pure detachment, feeling nothing and wanting nothing. I don’t mean the numb and adrift kind of feeling nothing, I mean clear-headed and completely aware yet totally still. And not a forced stillness either, like a posing mime or a Meditation 101-style “OK, here I am sitting here doing nothing…” Nope, just to be able to sit where you are without feeling the pull or push of emotion, or urgency of any kind. Lets you know there’s more to life than an endless flow of stimulus and response.

And I like vacations, too. Haven’t had a real one for years, though. A day trip on a motorcycle is as close as I’ve gotten for a while. It’ll happen again though, I’m sure of it, all in due time…

By: ashley

ashley — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:23:22 +0000

Whenever I am in a blah mood, I know a vacation of some kind is in order. Good thing you get to go home, always good for the soul :)

By: sleepyjane

sleepyjane — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:52:29 +0000

Ugh I have so been there. I don’t know what is worse – being so up and down like I have been this past week, or just being.

But YAY for vacay time! I guess it’s just this time of the year when everyone is really starting to get run down by work and everything. It is for me. I only take my annual leave in Dec every year so needless to say I can kind of use the break.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:57:58 +0000

Lol you blogged about feeling “just….there” and then when you were done blogging you felt happy! =)

I hope you have fun when you go to Washington next month. That’ll be nice to have some good time off before school starts!

By: Ari

Ari — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:53:15 +0000

AWww yeah I’ve been feeling that way myself.

But yay about vacation time… ooh Washington sounds lovely, I’ve never been!

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:24:34 +0000

Wee, vacation!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:50:05 +0000

Enjoy home! I get into those funks too–I like to think of them as a psychological malaise.

By: mandy

mandy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:28:58 +0000

?There is nothing quite like going back to the place you call(ed) home and taking it all in. I’m glad that you’ll be able to make the trip. Have a great weekend Ashley!

By: Amber (Girl with the red hair)

Amber (Girl with the red hair) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:27:05 +0000

You’re so right – there’s nothing like home!

I’ve had a super bleh week too. Lets hope both our weeks pick up, next week :-)

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:16:26 +0000

Congrats on getting the vacation time! It definitely helps to go home and be home (and, like you said, it’s not just the literal home/family though that’s part of it), especially before starting something big. It’s a good pressing of the metaphorical refresh button, as it were. And I’m a little jealous as well, since I’m still hoping to make it up the Pac NW way one day (Portland and Seattle are on my list).

I can definitely understand those feelings you’re having as well and I definitely think going home, while not being a cure-all and fixing everything, will help to sort things out. But think of this as an opportunity to learn how to just “be.” Trust me, I know how tough it is (I’m the same way) but once you figure out how to do it, you’ll feel a million times better.

By: cari

cari — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:31:54 +0000

those moods are pretty irritating if you ask me. i think mostly because there’s no NAME to put on it.

and yes, there is NO place like being home. whenever i go home, no matter what mood i’m in, all i have to do is turn onto the road that leads to my road and all my stresses melt away. everything. all of them.

i hope you enjoy washington when you go!

By: LiLu

LiLu — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:32:55 +0000

I’m heading home to Mass in a few weeks, too, and I couldn’t be more excited. Nothing quite like home :-)