Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
I am bored. The question is, if I am so bored why don’t I do something about it? I have the urge, I have the want and I have the need.
What is it that stops me from breaking free then?
Some intense questions for your morning cup of coffee. After some contemplation and scanning of the ‘dull’ part of my brain I concluded that boredom is not just a state of mind, it is a lifestyle.
There are sporadic rushes of adrenaline, I give my solemn oath to every bored stay-at-home mum that there are.
This phenomenon, where you are swept away with the excitement of doing something big, only occurs once in a while … and when it struck this time, I decided to sit myself down to chalk a map for myself.
I gathered a bunch of pencils from a whole lot of different places and I set them out nicely according to colours first and then height. Then I managed a neat sketch of ‘dos and don’ts’ that can lead me to the crown of sassiness.
My map is now complete, complex and accurate.I shall wake up at 5am, go for a run around the neighbourhood, come back to some detox water and a bowl of fresh fruits. Oh, some oats would be perfect later.
After seeing the children off to school, cajoling their tantrums with a smile, of course, I will head out for yoga, or Pilates. Anyway, either would be fine.
I must not forget the regular trip to the spa and, by regular, I mean, every 15 days and not 15 months!
I glided to my wardrobe to take my track bottoms out, followed by a hunt for a pair of matching trainers. Enough blame has been put down to boredom, so now it was time to let my stars do the talking, Shakespearean-style: ‘shake the yoke of inauspicious stars’.
Tomorrow shall be the day. Tomorrow IS the day … but then tomorrow came.
The very night I set the alarm for 5am the baby cried all night, the toddler had a restless sleep too and the husband snored even louder than usual. There was something more exhausting about that particular night and by morning the alarm sounded like divine punishment.
Oh, maybe some other day, month, or year? Until then a cup of tea and a cookie, please.
