bored to tears.....

[teach]

ok, so I've been hauled up in my apt for a few days now and I am about to go crazy!!

I did go to work today, but came home at one because I wasn't feeling well at all. This mono is kickin' my butt!

anyway, any suggestions of something I could do to pass the time by cuz I know I'll be spending the weekend in my apt trying to get better!!!!

wendy k

[Ilovebigcats]

I have had mono. It does kick your butt. It can last a very long time too.

I suggest:
Movie marathon
Go to igoogle and play games until you are cross eyed
Video games
word puzzles

[dolfan]

Sudoku.

[crispfin]

Play solitaire until you cry yourself to sleep . . .


What, no one shares my hobbies?

[free]

You could spend your time reading your Bible, listening to music, praying and fasting in an attempt to draw closer to the Lord as you pray to receive a divine healing!


OK...Somebody had to be the spiritual one on here!

[Pastor Gary]

I'm not picking on you personally, honest, but I see posts here that say "I am bored" and people on Facebook and MySpace saying "I am bored" and I want to scream.

Some solo pastors (no paid staff help) feel like their week is an endless treadmill of perpetual motion, with never enough hours in a day, never enough days in a week...

So, for ALL you bored people: see if your pastor could use your help making follow-up phone calls to shut-ins and absentees, sending emails to encourage drop-outs, addressing and sending birthday/anniversary cards for him... there are a million little things that go undone while the pastor puts out the urgent fires of the week, and there is no reason for anyone to ever be bored.

Off the soapbox, now...

[rjc]

Along the same line as Pastor Gary, even when you are stuck at home you can do a lot of the things he mentioned. I'm not a pastor but there is never enough hours in a day or week for me to do everything I would like to do and I don't think I have ever been bored. You could start writing your own family history (you don't need to be old to start writing it), you could learn something new, start your Christmas list, read a book that you haven't had time to read yet. One of the benefits of this is that you are not focusing on how bad you feel but on how much you have accomplished. I have you in my prayers.

[teach]

thanks everybody!

thanks rjc for you prayers. they are appreciated!

wendy k

[rjc]

thanks everybody!

thanks rjc for you prayers. they are appreciated!

wendy k

I know how frustrated you must feel been cooped up at home. I learned when I was 9 what it was like to be cooped up in bed, I was diagnosed with rheumatic fever (the early 50's). The only treatment at that time was complete bedrest, massive doses of penicillin and aspirin. I spent 6 weeks in bed and our house was 1/2 block from the school, I could hear the kids playing outside every afternoon. My sister was married and my 3 brothers spent some time with me but they needed to be outside some of the time. It was then that I learned a little bit of patience (still working on that) plus that was when my Mother taught me to do needlepoint. Mono takes a long time to get your strength back but God is holding your hand and you will get well.

[pastorables]

This mono is kickin' my butt!

Errrr... switch to stereo. Okay, bad joke. I hope you get to feeling better. A high school girlfriend had it once and it took her weeks to gain full strength. Take care of yourself.

pa

[Shellie]

Pastor Gary wrote:

So, for ALL you bored people: see if your pastor could use your help making follow-up phone calls to shut-ins and absentees, sending emails to encourage drop-outs, addressing and sending birthday/anniversary cards for him... there are a million little things that go undone while the pastor puts out the urgent fires of the week, and there is no reason for anyone to ever be bored.

[RamboPreacher]

If your pastor doesn't need help (Or maybe doesn't want help), perhaps spending time growing your relationship with God. It is addictive, you know. reading Bible, Biblical studies, etc...

if you aren't or don't choose to be "sparetoooooel" (southern slang that must be heard to understand, that means "things of and pertaining to being a spiritual being"); you could prepare some "freezer dinners". make some meals ahead of time, and put them in freezer bags so that you have them at a moments notice for supper/dunner.

Along those lines, cookies. having pre-prepared cookie dough in the freezer is a good idea. Some dough's do this better than others. in fact, even cook lots of batches of cookies and prep for the freezer. again, some cookies don't lend themselves to be frozen, especially if you have favorite that must be eaten warm-out-of-the-oven - then the frozen dough would be better.

then there is always the old stand by, but this takes more pre-planning... you could acquire season, boxed sets of DVD's of your favorite TV show and marathon. This is especially time consuming (wasting?) if your show is off the air, after 9 seasons and a movie. If you don't' own the series already, you could probably get many of them at the library. In fact, you may be surprised at what might be at the library!

I remember one of the times when I was a bachelor (:) hehehehehee) and was sick at home for several weeks. I spent the time studying and cramming for a technology certification (anyone remember 3Com's "3-Wizard" certification, yes, I am a Wizard). As a teacher, isn't there any education extensions, or supplements or anything like that, that you could be doing, distance learning, online learning, Computer based training, etc?