Day 23: Wine/Not Having Fleas

It's been a weird day.

I woke up with my alarm and proceeded to fall back asleep - not uncommon with no set schedule these days.  When I finally woke up I meandered upstairs realizing I hadn't eaten in over 18 hours.  I made some coffee, ate some food, opened my laptop with the intent to be productive but for some reason I couldn't find the motivation.

I noticed weird black things flying up in front of my screen as I was typing and assumed I must have dropped some bizarre substance under the keys, scoffed at my own disgust, and soon enough I noticed it was a bug.  I tried to remove it, and in doing so, realized it was a flea.

It catapulted me into a weird wondering if I had fleas.  I researched said flea and found it was a cat flea - and I had just been holding a cat, so that made sense... but for some reason I was overcome with flea paranoia.

I turned back to my studies to see if I could move forward and found that I could not focus - on anything. I started drawing hypotheses of why I might not be able to focus:

• I'm cold.
• This chair is not right for studying.  There is no where else to sit.
• My ankle hurts.
• I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
• My throat has a weird pain?
• I might have fleas!!

So...  I gave up.  I went downstairs and took a long shower hoping that if I did, indeed, have fleas I might be able to clean out some and see that I had them. (I don't have fleas.)  I played my guitar for a little while and then decided to try relocating to a coffee shop.  

Recommended by a friend, I found my way to "this great coffee shop." Upon walking in, I have never felt more awkward in a coffee shop. It was dead silent with the exception of some light music playing and quite a few people sitting around - all looking at me as though I clearly didn't belong (probably in my head).  I don't find quietly trafficked places, like libraries, awkward, but this was just... weird.

Luckily they had wine on their menu.  I got a glass, sat down and started to look over some questions I'm supposed to answer and found myself thinking, "Am I just really stupid today?" because again, I felt like I couldn't answer the questions.

Bonair Cabernet Sauvignon

So... instead of being annoyed with my inability to concentrate and lack of intellect today... I'm just going to enjoy this wine. And it's delicious.

P.S. I did not drink ANY of the wine before I gave up on the studying thing.  So... that was not a part of it.