I have had writer's block for a few weeks now; also, worker's block, and house cleaning block. I would add social block to that list, but that has been going on for years now and isn't accurate to include it in the list of recent and probably temporary maladies. The holiday time was busy for me as far as work went with one colleague on vacation and another on maternity leave during a very busy rush of campaigns. I had a few company holidays but ended up working for a few hours on each of them with some rush requests. It didn't seem bad in the moment, but has left me feeling burnt out and lazy in the New Year.
That said, I am a good member of the economy and have not shirked from my responsibilities as a consumer. I just finished consuming the Band of Brothers miniseries, which I have been avoiding up until now as I thought it was a documentary about the Hanson brothers (I'm concerned that joke dates me and I should have used Jonas Brothers to be young and hip). What I chiefly enjoyed about this miniseries was that they had the capacity and took the time to illustrate what things were like for that company of men between the heroics and the terrifying battles. The waiting and the anticipation for events not easily predicted.
Most WWII dramas have time to take a few minutes to show the boys writing home or joking around ;a vignette of life in camp. But I thought this was interesting in that they had more time to delve deeper into the distinct personalities and how they interacted, developed, and responded in such high stress scenarios.
You watch these depictions and wonder how you would respond in similar settings, and as pale as the comparison may be, I have to wonder taking these last four weeks, if I wouldn't respond well during the battle, but afterwards sleep in too much, not write home, and go too long without doing the dishes.
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