Brain Blocked

I've been trying to write a post for the past few weeks about a subject that bugged me on a Facebook group. Usually I read things, shrug, and let it go because I don't interact with most of these people in real life. But, this really bugged me. The trouble is I am actually finding it difficult to wrap my brainwaves into a coherent stream for the post to sound/read coherently. I even talked about the subject with my sister-in-law last weekend and bounced some ideas off of her to get some feedback.

I've been doing quite a bit of research and listened to some great lectures driving back from Dallas. Unfortunately, I can't take actual notes while operating a motor vehicle. Thus, some of my light bulb moments got a bit murky. I have become side-tracked and derailed by this subject so much that I have not read any of the books I was planning to read in the past 2.5 weeks. Utterly frustrating and it's all my own fault.

The trouble is once my brain latches onto an idea that I find perplexing it is difficult to let it go. When I don't understand something, I research. The research leads to more questions which leads to more research in a vicious loop and my brain becomes a hamster wheel of tangental Venn diagrams spinning and making connections and discarding things that don't fit. It also does not help that I have woken up every morning this past week with multiplying welts. I think something is biting me in my room but can't pinpoint what it is. They initially look like ant bites but I'm beginning to suspect spiders or a bizarre allergic reaction to stress.

Either way my brain is blocked and seriously distracted. So I watched the entire 4th season of Downton Abbey and am angry at the writers and myself for getting sucked back in. I blame the costume designer for my initial fascination. They wear such fabulous clothes! Now to take a quick nap before church in 2.5 hours.