An excess of ennui

[kiya]

There isn't any particular reason for me to be mopey and hitting the edges of depressive except, perhaps, the biological -- hormone cycle and system stress from the ludicrous amounts of pollen in the air. This does not appear to dissuade me from the mopage, however.

Some of the morning glory seeds I planted have sprouted and are spreading out dragonfly-winged leaves towards the sky. I haven't seen signs of any of the veggies so far, but those got planted later. Both grapevines are leafing out; the marigolds perked back up when I watered them; the phlox is blooming like gangbusters. I need to finish the plantings in the garden, which means I need to find my notes on what goes where, which have gone missing somewhere.

I catalogued about another two and a half boxes of books today, from the stacks of things that couldn't be scannered, and put reasonably large chunks of that away. The original plan had been to put the science books on one bookshelf and fill out the remainder of the space with history, but I keep finding much more science and much more history, so I fear the history will be displaced entirely by the time I'm done, and I have no idea where we'll wind up putting all of it. I've uncovered great mounds of gender studies books, many of which I have not read (like the ones suzimoses gave me); that will have to be sorted out. I'm sort of impressed by how many I have, really.

I'm having another round of being torn between wanting to do more theological grinding work and being sick and tired of theology. Removing that from my set of immediate tasks was a good idea, to be sure, given how erratic and unsustainable the project seems to be in current state.

I have some nice bruises on my shoulder from the weekend. I have a mostly-scheduled dinner date with otter3. I have an unfortunately vomitous cat. I have washed the comforter in response to the unfortunately vomitous cat. I have no immediately critical emotional tangles. I have cramps. I have a book to review for RTV. I have to hope that this mood will pass in a few days.

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[annwyd.livejournal.com]

By contrast, I am hypomanic (silly me, thinking that since I woke up at eight in the morning I'd get to sleep at a decent hour! Who needs sleep when you've got inexplicable psychic energy? Well, I probably do, since my elbows are shaking as I type). My best guess is that it's to do with the change of seasons/increasing light, triggered by my latest fictional obsession reaching critical mass in my brain.

I could try taking my brain out and squeezing it out on yours. Maybe the hormonal angst and the seasonal bouncycrazies will cancel out.

[otter3.livejournal.com]

I'm glad we're not the only ones having effects from the pollen. That's what I keep trying to tell her, because I remember from MIT days: it was always around finals.

Oh, yes, 5:30-6 is fine. I'm probably coming alone, because the last thing I want is the stereotypical ex-plus-not-ex kind of situation.

[kiya]

Because wanting to claw one's sinuses out with a hatchet is so conducive to the meditative finals experience.

Understandable on the one-on-one. We have a lot to go through, I imagine, that will come out in folded shorthands once we figure out the idiom again. There are a couple of park benches outside Mary's which may well do as a meeting point? (Unless there's rain. I'm not sure what to do in the event of rain.)

[otter3.livejournal.com]

Looks like rain, all right. And if I'm reading the weather details correctly (what can I say? weather is still at least a hobby), it could be on the heavy side, depending on various and sundry timing.

I would say wait inside Mary's - I can't think of anywhere else to meet unless you want to meet in the T station itself, which I presume you won't.

What I find somewhat stunning is that depending on timing, I could end up wearing a suit and tie to dinner. If this is the case, I will probably be in a state of shock the entire time.

[kiya]

Well, you always used to say you were only happy when it rains.

If rain, inside works for me. In general, inside, or just if rain?

[otter3.livejournal.com]

Outside if not rain. I want to recall the heady aromas and ambience of Central Square...

Okay, I don't know what I'm talking about, but outside anyway.

[kiya]

Hah.

Bring a book, in case my time estimates stink.

[brooksmoses]

Meh; I wonder if it's something going around. I seem to have an excess of mopage or something, too.

Hope this passed and you feel better soon.