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Post by fwscrapper on May 18, 2020 1:46:47 GMT
Busy....too much...teaching full time from home, crisis schooling my own 3 kids, in grad school, and we just moved into a new house about 6 weeks ago. Always something that needs to be done, written, or graded.
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Post by alsomsknit on May 18, 2020 1:49:44 GMT
Neither busy or bored. I am enjoying the peace, quiet, and lack of necessity to do anything.
Basically, after I completed my final, I went into total child mode. Other than being pulled out for a couple of days due to a sick dog, I have behaved in the most carefree of manners. No guilt.
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Post by GamGam on May 18, 2020 1:55:21 GMT
I'm often bored, anyway. I have hobbies, but I'm usually too tired to do them.
Mystie , how are you doing overall? How much chemo do you have left? Thinking healing and cancer-free thoughts. Thanks. I have a treatment tomorrow and another in two weeks, and then chemo should be done. Then surgery, maybe at the end of July...not sure when that will be. I'm not doing great, to be honest; physically this is very hard and emotionally it's devastating. I think I could have handled it all okay if it wasn't for the pandemic. It's hard to feel like I have a future. But hopefully getting done with chemo and starting to feel physically better will help my state of mind. :-) I just want you to know that I admire your courage and good nature about your illness. May your final treatments result in cancer free good health for you. Take good care. GamGam
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Post by katlady on May 18, 2020 1:58:50 GMT
Still working 40 hours from home, so not bored. We keep busy with the dog, chores, and hobbies, but It sometimes feels like a rut. I am ready to see things other than the grocery store.
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Post by lisae on May 18, 2020 1:58:57 GMT
I'm home anyway. The biggest adjustment is the amount of time acquiring food and preparing meals. I usually cooked but we went out typically once a week before. We took my mother out for something a few evenings a weeks so I cooked for her 2 or 3 days a week. Now I'm cooking for us every day and her about 6 times a week.
I'm doing a lot of sewing. Definitely not bored but not doing all the projects I need or want to do either.
And I'll challenge you on the world's worst housekeeper. There are always more interesting things to do than clean house.
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Post by Mystie on May 18, 2020 2:02:31 GMT
Thanks. I have a treatment tomorrow and another in two weeks, and then chemo should be done. Then surgery, maybe at the end of July...not sure when that will be. I'm not doing great, to be honest; physically this is very hard and emotionally it's devastating. I think I could have handled it all okay if it wasn't for the pandemic. It's hard to feel like I have a future. But hopefully getting done with chemo and starting to feel physically better will help my state of mind. :-) I just want you to know that I admire your courage and good nature about your illness. May your final treatments result in cancer free good health for you. Take good care. GamGam That means a lot. Thanks so much.
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Post by littlemama on May 18, 2020 2:09:27 GMT
Dh and I are both working from home and ds just finished his winter semester and is onto spring, so we all have lots to do. I would love to have one week off so we could get some stuff done around the house, but since no one is accepting donations right now, we'd just be moving stuff around.
So, we are busy, but with the normal stuff we do, except softball.
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Post by paget on May 18, 2020 2:53:37 GMT
I chose busy - I’m not actually “busy” just not bored. I work 8-5 m-f at home and then the rest of my time is filled with housework, Shopping, cooking, pet care and then there’s all the things I want to go but don’t have time. I am happy with the projects and things I’m working on now. I like to workout and spend a lot of time with that. I have tv, reading, puzzles, talking with friends and my daughters, hiking, planning recipes/reading cookbooks (this is actually like a hobby), I’ve got some wallpaper I need to put up, I’m trying to learn to crochet, wanting to start an herb garden and on and on. I don’t really get bored. I’m also an introvert so this hasn’t been too bad for me. I just really really need my dogs to get groomed and I’d like a haircut for myself, too!
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Post by paigepea on May 18, 2020 2:55:19 GMT
I said other.
I’m sometimes bored and sometimes busy. Depends on the day. Today all I wanted to do was read the last 30 min of my book but I couldn’t find the time.
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Post by leannec on May 18, 2020 3:07:51 GMT
I'm often bored, anyway. I have hobbies, but I'm usually too tired to do them.
Mystie , how are you doing overall? How much chemo do you have left? Thinking healing and cancer-free thoughts. Thanks. I have a treatment tomorrow and another in two weeks, and then chemo should be done. Then surgery, maybe at the end of July...not sure when that will be. I'm not doing great, to be honest; physically this is very hard and emotionally it's devastating. I think I could have handled it all okay if it wasn't for the pandemic. It's hard to feel like I have a future. But hopefully getting done with chemo and starting to feel physically better will help my state of mind. :-) Wishing you the best ... positive thoughts coming your way!
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Post by 950nancy on May 18, 2020 3:08:48 GMT
I am 10% bored and 90% good at doing nothing apparently. I do cook a few times a week, do laundry, some crafting and organizing, but much of the time I fart around. I'm good with that.
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on May 18, 2020 3:13:13 GMT
I've been super busy doing yard work and repainting the trim on the exterior of our house. I also have been working in my flower gardens. Basically I have been outside which is great for my mood.
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Post by Scrapper100 on May 18, 2020 4:20:28 GMT
Not bored. I’m rarely bored. I put other as I’ve been keeping busy. I’m a SAHM and my husband is working from home and son is doing his schoolwork without much input from me as he is a junior. I’m doing a bunch of things.
In the beginning it seemed I was spending a lot of time online trying to get things we needed online, then trying to get a pickup time for groceries. Getting groceries through pickup is much easier and I’m spending less time on that. Still spending more time cleaning than i would like.
I’m trying to spend less time watching news of reading political crap online. Trying to just get the facts and getting out again. I’m much happier as I can’t change anything but want to know what’s happening.
Finally starting to do more crafting which is good mentally, went to a nursery and have a few things to plant.
I spent a lot of time this weekend binge watching since it was s free HBO weekend. I’m now caught up on Westworld and Big Little Lies. I tried a few other series but think I was just binged our and couldn’t get into anything.
Hoping to get a few projects done around the house this week. I need to make a list to help keep me on track. Hoping to find some time for crafts and maybe some reading to. I find there is rarely enough time or energy to do half the things I want to do. We actually got takeout for the first time and that was so nice. I’m so sick of cooking and missing going out or takeout. I think we all miss getting out of the house. I miss just being able to run to a store to get something. I’m so happy that amazon is now shipping quickly again. I needed more adhesive and didn’t have to wait which was nice since they are quicker than the alternatives right now.
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Post by roberta on May 18, 2020 5:39:42 GMT
I said other because I am mostly busy, busy, busy cleaning, cleaning, cleaning which is boring, boring, boring.
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Post by worldwanderer75 on May 18, 2020 6:20:01 GMT
I'm going to grad school and have 4 kids so I'm definitely busy. I had a 10 day break between semesters (start back today) and I have gotten a TON of stuff done but I've also been plenty bored during the break. Some of the stuff I've accomplished is just things I've put off (dejunking, seasonal clean out of kids drawers/closets) and some of it has been projects that I don't have time to get to (installing new lights, painting a room, staining our deck) but none of it is what I really want to be doing. This whole thing is such a mixed bag!
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Post by ExpatBackHome on May 18, 2020 8:33:31 GMT
I’m both bored and busy. Busy helping my kindergartener with online schooling, feeding everyone and trying to keep the house decent enough. Bored because I don’t have much time now for scrapbooking and can’t go to the gym.
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Post by joelise on May 18, 2020 8:40:49 GMT
I ticked ‘Other’. I’m very rarely bored. I’m busy cooking, baking, cycling, reading, doing jigsaws, watching TV, pub quizzing on YouTube, playing Candy Crush and Clash of Clans, talking on the phone and sunbathing, but I can’t quite get in to my scrapbooking for some reason!
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Post by gar on May 18, 2020 9:07:52 GMT
Do you play C C Soda Saga?
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on May 18, 2020 9:23:46 GMT
For me there's not one certain answer. Each day is different depending on what needs to be accomplished or what one hopes to do.
The ebb and flow of each day changes throughout that particular day. Tasks are accomplished. Breaks are taken. Some things are simple. Some things are more physical. Some things provide entertainment. Some things are necessary and monotonous.
What one person considers boring another may not, and the same goes for busy. Some people don't like to be idle. Some people don't like to be overly busy. Each person's perception and range of bored and busy, can differ greatly.
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Post by tracyarts on May 18, 2020 9:49:01 GMT
Busy. Mostly preparing to move. We thought we would probably have at least a couple of extra months because of the time the contractor and crew lost due to the county we're moving to suspending construction because of the pandemic. But they're making up for lost time and it looks like we only have a couple of extra weeks instead.
And the stress of everything going on in the world and around me caused a severe autoimmune flare. It feels like I'm moving at half speed while feeling half awake. So, every waking hour I'm either working on moving related stuff or resting between bouts of working on moving related stuff.
Very much looking forward to the flip side of it though and spending time working on the unpacking, arranging, and decorating.
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Post by mikklynn on May 18, 2020 11:17:25 GMT
I'm bored. I have chemo every other week, and by the time the chemo sickness and exhaustion wears off and I start to feel interested in things again...it's time to go to chemo again. It's frustrating. I think I'd find a lot more to do if I felt better. How many more sessions do you have? I hope it goes by quickly!ETA ugh, I should have read all the posts. Yay for 2 more to go. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this at all, but hopefully by the time you are back to 100%, the world will be closer to normal.
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Post by mikklynn on May 18, 2020 11:27:12 GMT
I am somewhat busy. I feel like everyone else with nonstop cooking.
I try to do some sort of cleaning every day, I walk on my treadmill every morning, I scrapbook, and make cards. I'm struggling with reading. I feel like a can't focus.
This week I will order my annuals for curbside pickup and work in the yard.
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Post by Mystie on May 18, 2020 11:33:12 GMT
I am somewhat busy. I feel like everyone else with nonstop cooking. I try to do some sort of cleaning every day, I walk on my treadmill every morning, I scrapbook, and make cards. I'm struggling with reading. I feel like a can't focus. This week I will order my annuals for curbside pickup and work in the yard. It sounds like you are doing a great job, honestly. I think of you and your husband often. My parents are both sealed up at home to protect my dad (cancer patient) and I know it is extra-hard on my mom. I think every little thing we can do to provide an outlet and some kind of normalcy for ourselves is more important than it may seem. Big big hugs to you!
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Post by monklady123 on May 18, 2020 11:33:19 GMT
Neither. I'm not "busy" since both of my jobs are on hold at the moment. I could be "busy" if I did all the million cleaning/organizing things that I ought to do, but it's hard to get motivated. (although we have a lovely cool day today so some of that cleaning/organizing is on my list)... On the other hand I'm never bored, pre-pandemic or now. I'm a home body anyway so I honestly don't mind being at home. I walk the dog, sit out in the yard reading and talking to people who walk by, do some yard work, read inside, play online, watch Netflix...mostly what I did before the pandemic minus the going-to-work part.
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Post by peabay on May 18, 2020 11:41:20 GMT
Not bored. Working my at home job; I have 4 kids in the house again; cooking; bingeing shows with my dh; reading and my daughters bought me a Switch Lite for Mother's Day so I could "visit their islands" so we spend a lot of time sitting together staring at screens discussing fruit, fishing and them bonding over my terrible Animal Crossing skills. This is honestly probably the busiest I've been in about 4 years.
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Post by joelise on May 18, 2020 11:55:19 GMT
Do you play C C Soda Saga? No. I think it’s the original game I play.
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Post by Patter on May 18, 2020 12:13:59 GMT
I am busy, busy, busy with work, managing a volunteer sewing team to provide masks locally, crafting, you name it. I have yet to be bored, and I am exhausted when I lay down at night.
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 18, 2020 12:23:09 GMT
I am enjoying the extra time to do what I want. I'm still working (now 4 days a week) I'm baking and scrapbooking and running and crocheting and doing yoga every morning. I had started really focusing on myself more in January and this is just an extension of that. I'm choosing to view my extra time as a bonus. But then again, my kids are grown and Jeremy is still working 4 days a week too.
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Post by iluvpink on May 18, 2020 12:31:38 GMT
I'm bored during the week when it's just work, make dinner, clean up from dinner, tidy up and go for a long walk with dh. I enjoy the walks but they are so long and after all of that I don't have much time to do anything else. I didn't like going to the gym either but it didn't take so long.
Not so bored on the weekends, as I have more time to bake and read etc.
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Post by mayceesgranny on May 18, 2020 13:32:01 GMT
My situation is a mix - I'm bored at work - my job is really slow right now, but I still have to go in for 40 hours a week. Many of my spring projects were put on hold due to social distancing. I've dug up all kinds of small project but after 8 weeks there's not much left.
At home I"m super busy with only the weekends to catch up on all the spring cleaning and sorting. I want to work on projects after seeing what many SIP friends have been getting done. DH has been organizing the garage and I've been helping.
I have had one or two afternoons for crafting - but its not enough!
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