Starrlight calls it her black cat feeling. You know of what I speak? That feeling that makes you unsettled, that something, anything, is not quite right. That something is a bit......hinky. It makes you, again to quote the Celestial One, "twitchy."
This feeling bothers me. At the end of Day Two of Spring Break 2010, I take an assessment and feel as if I'm missing something. As if I've forgotten something or that something will happen.....something for which I am unprepared.
The weather has been glorious here, but I will refrain from gloating to spare the feelings of those of you wading through flood waters or lamenting the lack of solar relief. I've nearly recovered from the nasty "bad cold" (pharyngitis), save for some lingering ear and eye problems and a nagging cough (not to mention a lack of singing voice - NO!). I've been able to sleep in, watch movies with the kids, and catch up on relaxing after a hectic last two weeks of school. My daughter spent the afternoon at a friend's house this afternoon, and my son helped at a junior tae kwon do class, so I had some time alone today.
And that's when the twitchiness began. It started as a niggling feeling in the back of my mind. I looked over my checklist of things to do, and I realized that taxes needed to be paid, my daughter's retreat permission slip needed to be filled out and turned in (and accompanied by the requisite fee), and my son's martial arts testing application needed to be filled out and turned in (also accompanied by the requisite fee, which is somewhat atmospheric considering he is testing for his primary black belt - yikes!). For the record, yes, I'm very proud of my son, but you really DON'T want to know what the testing fee is. And it will be DOUBLE when he actually tests for his First Recommended Black Belt in November - oy vey.
So now, as I write this at 10:18 p.m., the twitchiness has not dissipated, and, in fact, has taken on a new life as I battle a rolling stomach and nurse a budding headache behind my eyes.
I wish someone would take this damn cat and drop kick it over the back fence into oncoming traffic, or at least put it in someone else yard.
Later daze............
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Sorry about the twitchiness and bills. That's the nice thing about medical bills. We get the service first and then ignore the bills and phone calls for several months. Pretty cool your son is going for a black belt.
Resist the urge to punt the kitty! It's not kitty's fault!
I get that twitchy feeling every once in awhile. Like you, I go to the check list of things to do. Usually I find that the twitchy comes from something I didn't write on the list.
This feeling will pass. Pet kitty on the head and don't sweat the small stuff. Sweating the small stuff gets in the way of remembering the really big stuff.
Cheers!
I hope the black cat has left and is visiting someone else.
Have a terrific day. :)
Hate that feeling! Hope you figure out the source and it's not too scary.
Good luck with the black belt testing! When my oldest son got to that point is when we dropped out. Got to be too expensive and time consuming.
Black Belt testing! OOH!!! good luck - that is totally awesome. (I made it 1/2 way before I became pregnant with my eldest and then never went back. I miss it sometimes).
And that feeling? You probably just forgot to pack underwear. That is what usually happens to me.
Yeah I hate that feeling. That weird impending doom feeling where your stomach feels hollow and sick at the same time and you have NO clue why. Never good. Sometimes I think it is my inner nurse making me pay more attention than normal. Who knows how many cars it has stopped me from wandering in front of?
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