The Itch

I think that school and work and just the hum-drumness of it all has given me an itch. I want to get out of my surroundings and go somewhere new. Learn something new that isn't related to counseling or school or health education or knitting. I just want to experience something novel. I'd love to learn to ski or snowboard. Heck, I'd even like to get out and go pick apples at an orchard. Anything, I need a change of scenery.
The end of the semester is coming and with that comes a pretty extensive amount of work. I need to finish three major projects while continuing to go to class, work, see families...it seems like the list of things to get done never ends. So I've been thinking that maybe this is my way of wanting to escape from it all? Going someplace new just feels like it would be the perfect solution. My brain feels like it is getting screen burn in. I've been doing the same things, have had the same stress, day after day after day. We have a big screen tv at home and the people who gave it to us watched a lot of CNN. We can tell because the CNN logo is permanently burned into the screen. If my life were a tv screen, I'm curious what this burn-in would look like. Maybe a big purple inkblot with zzzz's coming out of it. Hmmm. That was abstract.