Burn Out!

[katiesue]

I've been at this job for almost 7 years. There are only two of us here in the office (a third comes in occasionally). We're in a weird location with no neighbors etc. I've run out of things to entertain myself with. Not to mention places to order lunch from.

[Freaky Tiki]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Not to mention places to order lunch from.

That would suck...

I really wish the cafe I work at had crappy food. Everytime I work I tell myself I'll make it until the end of my shift. But I never do. I'll be bringing out peoples food and fall under the spell. It's so hard for me not to spend money at work.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Derail:
Last night I had a dream that they revamped the Haunted Mansion. They took out the DoomBuggy track and gave each car a steering wheel. You could drive anywhere you wanted to in the Mansion and discover rooms that you never saw before. It was like the Pooh ride in Disneyland Tokyo. I thought that was so cool. I drove down the endless hallway to see what was at the end of it. It ended in an outdoor courtyard with stone statues and a crypt with stained glass windows. The dream ended there. It was cool.

Sounds like the Walt Disney World Racing game to me. I may have to get out the Playstation later.

Rerail: There are some most excellent hammocks at the Caribbean Beach Resort (among others). I'm just sayin'.

[MouseWife]

Oh GC, I am so there. And a hammock? I almost purchased one. But, we have too many spiders in our yard and I figured working too hard on taking it out and setting it up each time defeats the purpose of relaxing, right?

I've been burnt out because A} The Hubster has been working a helluva lot. B} I've been working at Target part-time {but full time hours} and at times many many days in a row. It was getting to me how the house was being run {and I don't mean cleaned, ha, not that} and I really felt my youngest {12} needed my meddling. So, I changed hours and voila! I am barely working now.

But, that only started today. I am burnt out and want to hit the road. At the end of 'Pirates' there was something {I can't recall exactly} but the Hubster and I saw it and turned to one another and squealed 'Road trip!'.

But, alas alack, not enough time or funds. So . We are banking up for the boys break, starting in September {when will you be at the park, GC and Matterhorn Fan???}. It will be sooooo hard.

We are sneaking in over nighters here and there. I still want to go to the Queen Mary and see the Titanic.

Do you think that causes more stress/burnout, thinking about what you want to do? Or does that help by giving hope that eventually you will be doing those things? I thought this recently. Was I torturing myself looking at all of the places on line that I want to go?

My mind is totally not rested. As you can tell by this random post.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm emerging from the opposite end of that spectrum, finally. Namely, I had nothing to do for far too long a time. All the major projects I had been working on came to an end. New projects were scheduled to start up within a month, so I wasn't exactly ready to start volunteering for anything major. But that left me with a month of nothing to do at work, which I hate. Especially since I'm sitting right next to a new guy, and it kinda looks bad for me to be sitting around doing next to nothing all day. Plus, having nothing to do tends to create its own momentum, so even when I'd be assigned small tasks here and there, I found it hard to get motivated to do them. Bleh.

But those new projects have finally hit their start date, so I'm busy once again. I'm always much happier when I've got work to do.

[JWBear]

I'm with NA... I'm not burned out, I'm just roasting! (I envy you guys going to cool San Francisco.)

[MouseWife]

I have to add, the heat makes things more miserable and when I think of hitting the road I don't think of hot places. I wouldn't mind San Simeon or Monterey.

San Francisco is also similar in temps so I am envious, too.

{plus way more to do in S.F.}

[Gemini Cricket]

So this is how I'm dealing with my burn out feelings right now. I'm sitting in my underwear talking to my friend on the phone eating ice cold watermelon. At this moment in time, life's good.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

But, alas alack, not enough time or funds. So . We are banking up for the boys break, starting in September {when will you be at the park, GC and Matterhorn Fan???}. It will be sooooo hard.

Is somebody talking about me?

I'm so confused! MouseWife, I will meet you just about anytime at any of the FL parks (are you really planning a trip out here?). I haven't been to Anaheim since last December, and that was a bit of a fiasco (partially my fault, partially circumstances). Right now I have no Anaheim plans.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Anyone else feel as burned out as me? Ever feel totally burned out?

I wish I had a hammock. I'd sit in for a whole week doing nothing.

Sweetie, I'm burning my candle in the middle, in addition to both ends. Can I have a spot on your hammock? Let's just put it out on a tropical island somewhere, and make sure there's no phone, but plenty of nearly naked island boys to fan us with palm fronds and serve us mai tais.