All right. I’ve gotten so bored that I’m actually considering posting an “I’m introducing myself now!” thread, and there’s already one of those making the rounds of MPSIMS. Probably best to hold off on mine.
Instead, therefore, I appeal to you enlightened people to help me.
My dilemma:
1.) School does not start until Monday.
2.) Mr. Spockerel and I have paid bills recently, and therefore have just enough money to keep us in staple food for the next few days.
3.) Yet, I am bored and feeling stir-crazy.
4.) I have read books and watched movies consistently for the last few weeks, and I’ll probably continue, but something else would be welcome.
5.) The local friends I’d get together with are either sick or otherwise engaged.
I’m looking for interesting, cheap-to-free, entertaining activities that are do-able in Montana in relatively chilly weather. These activities would preferably be away from home, but I’d consider in-house doings provided they were something new. New and entertaining websites would also be appreciated.
Before you suggest it, Mr. Spockerel and I have the obvious “couple’s activity” taken care of. Other suggestions?
Do you have any museums that have free admission on one day/evening of the week? Do you have enough snow to build a fort? When is the last time you went on a scavenger hunt?
On Saturday I set up a scavenger hunt for my boyfriend as an early Valentine’s Day gift (he insists that Valentine’s needs to be all about me, so I gave him a day that was all about him in advance) and he had to find clues hidden around the apartment and the city to take him to his present. There was a clue in the mail box and a clue in the hallway and a clue in the subway station, etc. You could set up something similar with the “prize” being a picnic lunch or the museum on their free day or any number of things. It is a fantastically fun way to spend a few hours of your time.
That’s an incredibly awesome idea. I think I will do that, in addition to several other things that have been suggested.
These are great suggestions. Keep 'em coming, please! I can fill up the calendar!
Capture the flag. You and the hubby set up some riddles and clues to take you on a journey around the neighborhood. Make a crossword puzzle and stick it in the mail box. Draw a map that leads to something else. Keep going. Once you’re all set, you two race to be the first to find the other person’s hidden T-shirt/boot/paper/water bottle and get back to the house. One lifeline per person - they may call the other player for a hint.
ETA: I’ve played this at least 5 times with two groups of 4 or 5 each. It really requires a knowledge of the neighborhood. Funny how many billboards/businesses you drive past and never look at the signs. This game forces you to remember every little thing in your neighborhood that you’ve ever seen. Fun times.
When I don’t want to spend money to entertain myself I take my camera to different places, some beautiful and some odd, and take pictures of whatever catches my eye. I look for interesting angles and just generally entertain myself with it and it doesn’t cost anything, and playing with them with photo software is free too. Other times I decide that I’m going to learn more about photography and take pictures with different settings to compare them.
Check with your local library. Mine has started offering free tickets to a number of local museums. Everything from the fine arts museum to the model train museum.
Go window shopping. Since you can’t afford any of it anyway, pick the ritziest mall or shopping district you know of. Go spend some time oogling the haute couture and laughing at next springs fashions.
Find some part of town (or some small towns) that you don’t know. Go walk around them and check things out.
Do you have any computer games? Is that at all interesting? If those answers are no and yes, check out some online emulations. Those’ll burn several days.
Like the OP, I think that’s an excellent idea. Not that the concept was unknown to me, but it never occurred to me to organize that on a boring day. I’ll try to remember this one.
