The Opposite of Tornado

The skies are grey this morning. I can tell by looking at the dew-crusted leaves and blades of grass that the humidity is very high and the temperature is rather high for an early morning. A quick look at WeatherUnderground.com confirms it; it's 75 degrees and the humidity stands at 89%. I'm still on my first cup of coffee and I know I'll have no interest in what's beyond the windows for a while. There's plenty to do inside and, as always, there are ideas to commit to paper. Whether I even get to jotting notes after this post remains to be seen.

I've taken a look at my 'things to do in 2007' list and I'm not feeling very confident:

• Begin building a family compound
  
• Encourage conversations about ways we can make significant differences in our communities
  
• Become at least modestly proficient in conversational Spanish
  
• Help create a sense of community in my neighborhood
  
• Submit at least one piece of fiction for consideration for publication

The only things from the list I've spent any time doing are encouraging conversations about making a difference (not very successfully, I might add) and trying to create a sense of community in my neighborhood (also rather unsuccessful so far). Nothing yet on the family compound. I think my Spanish vocabularly has actually declined. And I've vacilated about whether I really want to try to publish anything...in my experience, I go back to what I've written (which I have liked) later and find myself viewing it as an amateurish piece of writing.

My mood today is not conducive to propelling myself toward accomplishing goals. I'll have to find another outlet for my minimal energy today. What's the opposite of tornado? That's my energy level.