Please Don't Make Me Think!

I've been taking a bit of a blogging break.  I've got a big month of Blog Birthday celebrations coming up and I needed some time to gather my thoughts.  My brain is on overload.  I've got so many things swirling around up there, something is bound to leak out.  Things like feeding my family, bathing, showering, my name. 

But this isn't a case of Momnesia.  Not by a long-shot.  It's a case of wanting to do too much and then becoming so overwhelmed that you just give up and spend the day on the couch watching daytime television while the kids aimlessly play, feeding each other goldfish, and occasionally bringing mommy a fresh cup of coffee.  (No, not really -- but oh God, do I wish!)

I find that I have a personality disorder.  I am both an overachiever and an underachiever/procrastinator.  I find that lately I've been regularly volunteering to do things and then regretting it later.  It could be the people-pleaser in me not wanting to say no.  I'm spreading myself thin.

Then, I find myself being sucked into the black hole of blog-browsing. 

You know what I'm talking about.  You find a blog, you read it.  Something catches your eye in the blog roll.  You click on that.  Rinse and repeat about 6 times and then you don't remember what you were reading in the first place.  But you now have 12 new blogs you're following and at least 20 new crafts/projects/recipes that you want to try, 30 giveaways to enter, 15 new books to read and not to mention the blogs YOU want to write because you became inspired by someone else.

I've now got a a closet of scrapbooking and cross-stitch supplies.  And a box of random supplies for projects I want to do. 

A laundry room full of craft supplies.  A basket full of idea books.  Websites bookmarked.  Pages of things printed out.  All for things I want to do with Nani and Nudgie.

Cookbooks highlighted and pages marked for recipes I want to try.

Add to that my responsibilities as a MOPS table leader, a recent opportunity to consider taking over our unit's FRG, Nani's preschool activities, her upcoming dance recital, My Marine's upcoming trips, and visits from my mother-in-law and my parents.

Do you see it?  Do you see the glazed look in my eyes and my brain oozing out of my ears?  It's no wonder I feel like this:

The "To-Do List" has stopped being effective for me.  Because now it has taken over my life.  Everything is a priority.  I end up filling the page with numbered items -- maybe marking off two or three at the end of the day.

It really is a sickness I tell you.  So tell me loyal readers -- how do you deal with brain overload?  (Other than liquid therapy!)