“Are you tired? Rundown? Listless? Do you pop out at parties? Are you unpoopular? The answer to all you problems is in this little bottle.”
By far, the vitametavegamin episode of I Love Lucy is my favorite. Maybe because I come from a family of drunks. Maybe because after six or nine seasons of schemes, there’s nothing that compares to seeing the redhead get a little tipsy.
From my cozy jammies this morning (is it afternoon?oops!), feeling zapped of all energy to write a blog, edit a blog, see another blog (work-related, that is), I was thinking about that episode and wishing there was some mono-blasting beverage out there that could return me to full-speed. Then I thought, super-productive juice would be good any time. I am all for getting more done faster.
But in this quick-fix society, there are very few quick fixes. Want more time? Get up earlier or stay up later. Want work? Be hireable. Need more money? Work more or harder, or charge more.
As much as I’d like a drive-through solution to productivity, I know there isn’t one. I’ve bought the books, tried the software, seen the hypnotist. The fact is, for me, I must accept that the best I can do will never feel like enough. I’ll always have more ideas than time, more jobs than hobbies, more emails in my inbox than my outbox.
Sometimes acceptance is key. Some things can be changed only after I accept them. Like my addiction to blogs, which takes up too much time. Like my tendency to obsess over details no one else cares about. I can change those things. Others can’t be changed. Like the amount of rest my body needs so my spleen won’t rupture.
Think how much extra time we’d have if we stopped spending time seeking fixes to unfixable problems, worrying, wishing, procrastinating. I could probably retire by the time I’m 30.
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Yeh I can do with out the VITAMENTAVEGAMIN Thank you verry much.I come from a family odf drunks on both sides of my Parents.
In Fact I’m a drunk my self that celebrated 17 years sober on 12/17/2007.With that being said I uses to love when Desi would say “lucy you got explaining to do”! I hope that you are haveing a great day.Mike
Hey Mike. Hope you’re having a good day too. Congrats on the 17 years sober. Quite an accomplishment. Maybe you can start referring to yourself as a “recovering drunk” by this point?
I’m a big Lucy fan. I’ve got most of the shows on DVD. I also have some of her later shows (The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy), but none of them were the same without Desi.
I will write back on your email tomorrow. I’ve been fiddling around with the Food Snark template and just saw all my messages. Now I’m too tired to answer them. This mono thing really sucks! Let me know what you think of the new FS template next time you’re there.
I love Lucy. I have season 1 and 3 on dvd so far. I was surprised when I realized there are only 6. The BF was going to get me season 2 but they didn’t have it, so he got me 3. We laughed so hard today watching a couple episodes (like the golfing one). Watching it with someone else, especially someone who’s never seen them before is SO much fun!
Hey April. They do have 7-9, but they are the ones that they lived in Connecticut. These are 1-hr episodes that were first called “Lucy/Desi Comedy Hour” (or something like that). But they take up where Season 6 left off. These just came out last year I think. There aren’t very many episodes, but I thought it was worth the money (at least if you get it cheap on Amazon or similar).
Amy,
Wish there was a magic potion to cure your mono. Hope you’re well soon!
Thanks Lillie. Today wasn’t a good day, but in general it is slowly improving. Glad you had a good trip.
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