Adventures On The Midway

It seems as though I am at midway point of, well, literally everything:

• Art girls collaborative (we haven't come up with a catchy name for our creative coven yet) project (we are tackling board games...this is not a project for the creatively-challenged, let me tell you);
• Three design projects/assignments for three different publishers all due on relatively the same date (can you say insane?);
• Current reading material atop my bedside table;
• The month of February;
• The winter season; and, well,
• The time line of my existence (I know, Drama Queen, what-ever)...

Now, I cannot really say that I am feeling completely and totally bored by the mid-ness of it all, but nonetheless the lack of new-ness which is absent from my presently languid life is really giving me a hard-core case of The Blahs. And yes, my plight is very bourgeois. Didn't I already say whatever?

Anyhow, what does a Linoleum do when combating a bad case of The Blahs (aside from complaining about it that is)?

• Wallow while I work (otherwise known as complaining with feeling). This is something akin to the Seven Dwarfs' "Whistle While You Work" tune, only my version substitutes whistling with moaning.
• Crochet and knit at lightening speed. You see, I have a rule: do not begin new project when there are three WIPs in play already. So, my new project pangs need to just be quiet until the time is right.
• Make like Evelyn Wood and get through the book(s) on my nightstand.
• Watch DVDs. Truly, inserting a disc imprinted with one of my favorite flicks or television episodes into the good ole media player lightens my mood and thereby effectively prevents more choruses of the first bullet point in this list.
• Tear off the pages from my various box calendars (I have four of these). Makes me feel as if the passage of time has accelerated.
• Contemplate the exciting events that I have planned for the coming year. Hopefully I won't miss any of these due to date discrepancies from, um, err, rampant calendar page destruction:
  • Wearing my Gollum Hat to The One Ring Con(you bet yer hooks I will);
  • Heading to San Diego for our next art girls collaborative meeting;
  • Possibly Vegas in April or May with friends;
  • Heading to San Francisco for another art girls collaborative meeting (we've got participants residing up and down the Golden State); and
  • Australia and New Zealand in September (YAY!).
• Contemplate projects for the coming year:
  • Burlesque accessories (Kendra are you reading this? Everyone else, don't ask);
  • Items emblazoned with flames appeasing the biker within;
  • Items inspired by Girl Scouts (better not to ask about this one either);
  • Getting in touch with my youth by creating some 80's inspired gear (could be scary);
  • Honoring Halloween with a smattering of goods created throughout the year (Do you miss the Monster in Monster Crochet? Me too.); and
  • More wearable deli products.
• Find a 12-step program for flagrant bullet point usage.

Ahhhh, I feel little bit better now. I'm interested to hear what you all do to combat The Blahs. Do tell...