After the summer's blowout July 4th holiday, there's nothing major on the calendar until...well, we hate to remind you, but this fall you're going to have to go back to school. (Eek, sorry to bring it up!) And while anything's better than being in class, this time of year can get, well, boring. Yeah, we said it.
But how do you know when you've hit peak boredom? We've consulted our trusted board of medical experts and have come up with a list of telltale signs that your summer is creeping by slower than a loris getting tickled. If you have three or more of these symptoms, you may be bored (and possibly going crazy!):
- You found all the spare change in your house and organized it, counted it, and then redistributed it.
- You actually offered to mow the lawn.
- You know exactly how many cracks are on your bedroom ceiling and have decided they look like the outline of Somalia.
- You watched The Price is Right every day this week and are starting to pick up on the story arcs as they develop from show to show.
- You think the word "triangle" sounds weird, and find yourself muttering it under your breath and chuckling.
- But the word triangle does sound weird, right?
- Oh no, you're not sure if you've been talking out loud or talking in your head.
- You've decided to carry around a mini-tape recorder so you know when you're talking out loud and when you're talking in your head.
- You spent an entire afternoon trying to teach yourself to moonwalk.
- While finding a video to learn how to moonwalk, you got distracted by a video called "How to solve a Rubik's cube."
- You spent the next three hours looking for that Rubik's cube you know you tossed in your closet a couple of years ago.
- Instead, you found an old notebook and organized your notes from last semester.
- As you were organizing your notes, you "accidentally" started studying. NOOOOOO!
- You've written a list of all the things you want to do before you graduate...by hand and then typed out. Among valuable entries like "take a road trip to Topeka" and "tell Katie Kerschmar what I really think of her," you've included gems like "fashion a pair of kickass gloves from a cheap wig" and "get into Guinness Book of World Records for most Ferrero Rocher chocolates eaten in one minute (current record: 7)."
- You asked someone to pinch you just to make sure you're still awake.
- You've been thinking seriously about the meaning of life. (It's got something to do with Ferrero Rocher chocolate, you're pretty sure.)
- You've just noticed that you've been pacing for the last hour.
- You used the word "bored" in your last 100 Facebook status updates.
- You thought it was Wednesday until 10pm, when you realized it was only Tuesday.
So, what's the diagnosis? Are you bored? What was the telltale symptom?
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