Truthiness: Our Lady of Perpetual Boredom

I have seen the 30 Days of Truth around the blogosphere lately and it’s giving me some pretty awesome insight about the authors.  I am loving reading it and I thought I would offer some truthiness myself in an ode to their honesty.  I can’t promise I will reveal the #1 truth for each prompt, but I will be thoroughly honest in my responses.

Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.

Gosh, there are quite a few things that I hate about myself – my ever-present acne, lack of real eyebrows, and frequent migraines since childhood are all on my Hit List.

I really hate my propensity for boredom, though.

  • I start projects that I don’t finish because I lose interest – i.e. knitting, jewelry making, quilting, scrapbooking, college…
  • I don’t like being by myself because HOLY CRAP AM I BORING.  At least I am to me.
  • I hate feeling bored, hate it when things sound uninteresting.  I will do busywork (because doing something is better than doing nothing) like picking up around the house or playing repetitive “games” on Facebook and curse every second because it’s so boring.
  • I won’t watch reruns or eat leftovers or drink the same Big Name coffee drink every day for months on end…boooooriiiiiing.

I want variety and excitement and newness and FUN.  Almost constantly.  No matter how exhausting, expensive, or difficult to achieve it is.

Adventure To Do List

There are so many things I want to do with Jack this year!  I’m not sure that I can even keep track but I’m going to try.  If we can’t get to them this year, it’s not a big deal, but I’m hoping to cross at least one of these off the list!

  • Discovery Kingdom – this is an amusement park in Vallejo and they have a TON of kiddie rides.  I haven’t been to an amusement park in a looooong time and I know Jack would totally dig it.  David and I are trying to arrange to go with at least one other adult so that we can ride some of the adult rides, too.
  • Nutcracker Ballet – I absolutely love the Nutcracker.  My grandmother used to take me as a kid and I just thought it was magical.  I totally want to share this experience with Jack and since the SF Ballet has special family nights, I think we can pull it off this year.
  • The Labyrinth – I’m hesitant on this one right now because it (and by it I mean David Bowie) might be a little too freaky for him.  On the other hand, he might totally dig it.  Any experience with this one out there?
  • Board Games – I am a serious board game fanatic.  Jack knows it and wants to play with the games, but so far all we’ve done is used the deck of Target cards as flashcards.  We have Chutes and Ladders, but all he wants to do with that is send his dude down the slide over and over (yet he still wins).  Suggestions?
  • Trick-or-treating – We haven’t yet done the trick-or-treating thing, mostly because I figured a party was just as fun for Jack and didn’t want to deal with a struggle over candy.  I think this may just be the year we start.  I plan to take things slow by just going to a few houses and then going to an event or something.

What’s on your Adventure To Do List?