Brain Mush

I had my hair cut last Thursday, back on my old stomping grounds and saw an ex-boyfriend, his wife and his wife's baby bump. This isn't a good representation of the haircut, but it's Wednesday and I'm home alone playing Scrabble and drinking lemonade on my red living room couch. 

Two weeks into my outlet job and I'm already itching to be back in class. The economic disaster of last week has really brought shopping to a bit of a halt for the time being, and when I've worked this week we've been unbearably slow. I organized pantyhose and panties today, and discovered a box of red bras made for people with breast sizes in the upper letters. You can't even imagine my excitement. 

On Wednesday nights, John plays soccer. I have a really hard time following the sport, and when his cousin Bret's girlfriend, Chi, doesn't go, I have no one to talk to. So I've taken to spending time on and with myself on Wednesdays, which has proven to be therapeutic. 

In an effort to save my brain from the inevitable turning to mush that is starting to happen as I get farther and farther away from my post-secondary education, I decided to leave the TV off tonight, with the exception of my Yoga DVD. Yoga has become a welcome challenge, and it really does improve my ability to breathe and think clearly. I pulled out my Scrabble board and to the tune of my dishwasher I played against myself. I have two difficult letter combinations right now, so I figured I would start of NaBloPoMo attempt two right with letting all of cyberspace know how lame I am...

I play Scrabble alone.

It does help, though, to get the brain cells pumping a bit faster than they have been. I really need a hobby, or something new to get into. I miss the benefit of being in a communications department with new software to play with, I can't afford these things on my own. John has taken to reading some of my old textbooks that I could never bring to sell back to the book store. I need something like that to look into. Or maybe a graphic novel. I've never given those a try and they seem to be pretty big right now. 

I also have a copy of Brain Age 2 for the Nintendo DS that helped my general alertness over the summer. Maybe I'll get that back out. I feel lethargic and stupid today. I should be proactive about it. 

I wish I had more to say than that. No complaining tomorrow. Really, I just wanted to share a picture of my haircut, couch and Scrabble letters.