This one was my favorite museum we went to. The airplanes were so cool and getting to sit in them was incredible!

I am a beautiful butterfly!

This fish loved Esther! He would come up when she’d touch the glass, but swim away really quickly!

You can’t tell, but she’s pointing at the guy driving the train behind her.

This was my favorite set of dishes on the dining car.

So.. I’m not good at this one at all.

Have A Water-Gargling Contest
(to do with someone else)

Put a glassful of water in your mouth and see how long you can keep gargling for. Award yourself extra points for loud and amusing gargling noises, and minus points if you laugh.

Time-wasting potential: 5-10 minutes.

So.. just the thought of doing this makes me laugh.

Make Star Trek Door Noises

Stand by an electric door to a bank or something and make that silly “Scccccccchwop” sound whenever a door opened on the Starship Enterprise.

Time-wasting potential: 1-2 minutes. If it lasts longer, I hope you are under the age of 10.

So.. the wait was not so long this time.

Use Your Secret Mind Power

Pick a person (or animal) passing by and try to use your mind power to command them do something, like drop their bag or knock into someone. The law of averages dictates that sooner or later one of your mind commands will come true, so you can convince yourself that you really have super human powers and waste even more time trying them out.

Time-wasting potential: 5-10 minutes, although the better you are, the longer it’ll last

So.. it’s been a while since I’ve shared an item on the list of Things To Do When You’re Bored. Here’s #2 (haha, grow up).

Make Up Stories About Passers By

This works best with another person, so you can share detailed stories about the people around you, making up where they are going, what they are about. Their likes, secrets, bad judgement calls. You can also secretly award marks out of ten as you go along, offering expert criticism over their clothing, hairstyle and footwear choices (to yourself or your partner-in-crime only!).

Time-wasting potential: at least 15 minutes, but with a good friend this could go on for hours

So.. lately I’ve found myself bored out of my mind at times. It’s weird because I have so much I can and should do, but sometimes you just don’t want to do what you have to do and you want to do something just for no reason at all. But you can only watch nostalgic movies so many times, even I can only clean the kitchen so many times. And then what? So I am working on a list, a list of things you can do when you have nothing you want to do but you don’t want to do what you have to do.

Try Not To Think About Flamingos
(Really this can be not thinking about anything, but I love flamingos.)

The tricky thing about this is that if you try too much, you remember you were trying to avoid the topic and that brings it up. If you don’t try at all, somehow flamingos come up in your mind anyway.

Time-wasting potential: about 5 minutes

So.. recently Josh and I were driving to work. We go the backways, because it saves time, but much of it is two-lane roads that big (slow) trucks use. Typically you can fly down these roads at 70mph or higher but when you get behind a truck, it’s 50 or so until they turn. That is, until Josh introduced me to the wonderful rush that is passing on a two-lane road.

I don’t think I had ever done it before. I was always scared – what if you go over and don’t have time and another car comes?? Besides the danger of getting crushed, I also feared the embarassment of having to scooch back over to your position behind Mr. Slow Driver. But, if timed correctly, this regular driving skill can also be a fun pastime (don’t be scared, Mom).

The first time, I only went when I was passing just one truck. I didn’t want to attempt a multiples pass because, well if I failed, it could mean embarassing myself in front of that many more people. That is when I got the taste.

I tried the single pass several times. There is nothing better than that feeling of hitting the gas and flying past a slow truck, looking ahead to see how much room you have. Even better is when a car is in the distance and you feel that quick spur of “faster, faster!” I then moved on to doubles.

Early this week I graduated my class. It took 3 jumps, each being 3 to 4 cars, but I managed to pass the entire line and get ahead of the truck. Of course, I was assisted by someone in a larger car in front of me who would spot, go and then I’d follow. Maybe that’s cheating. I call it tandem. All I know is that the rush I felt was one of the best I’ve had. Some people sky dive. I pass cars on a two-lane.

My way is cheaper.