Getting Jiggy With It

Convinced that my brain was beginning to atrophy.

I began various attempts to challenge the synapsis

and keep them in excellent firing capacity.

I tried crosswords for a couple of years

 until I went crosseyed.

Then came sudoku which found me 

doing just a numbered crossword of sorts.

So addicting was sudoku that

 after a couple years, I spent 

 a couple days doing

nothing but sudoku, and I had to 

enter a rehab program.

Soon I was forgetting movie stars names,

and how to subtract, and I quickly searched

for mental health answers.

I found -

drumroll please-

http://thejigsawpuzzles.com/ 

(didn't I mention this before?)

and yes I have an addiction problem once more.

They're a cheap brown bowl of bar peanuts.

I started with the 100 pieces with an initial 

self set goal of 

completing a puzzle within 20 minutes.

Giving my mouse clicking 

and dragging skills a major workout,

I was soon at 12 minutes and this week

most have been done in under 9 minutes.

Whether or not my brain is less likely to atrophy

because of it remains to be seen.

The lightbulb moment this morning was

acknowledging

my issue may really be avoidance.

I need to create new projects to teach,

repaint the garage floor and redo

the entire back yard.

My feet are immersed in cement it seems,

so I push oddly shaped jigsaw pieces 

around on the computer and achieve satisfaction

of accomplishment. But do I really?

Once more, I play mind games with myself.

An hour ago,

I told bloggie pal Carole that 

I was headed up to the studio.

 I had good intention

I swear

Instead I came here.

to visit all of you.

Meanwhile...

six minutes for 100 piece

seem too difficult?

Z