A five letter word for “Happy Trails”

I think the next question I will ask on my Facebook site is this.  If there were one word you would use to describe a more obvious or dominant aspect of your personality, what would it be?

I think my word would be “Frenetic.”

According to Onlinefreedictionary.com, “frenetic” or “phrenetic” is an adjective which describes someone as being “Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.”

[Middle English frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenticus, from Greek phrentikos, from phrentis, brain disease, from phrn, mind; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots.]

Brain disease, huh?  Well I suppose that depends on whether you feel being frenetic is a good or bad state, as having an actual brain disease couldn’t be good.

A frenetic state works well for me, given what fills my days.  Take this morning, for instance.  It began at about 6 am, with my cursing the Scrabble gods, as it was my move in my online game-in-progress, and I was sitting with a tray full of vowels.  While musing over letter scrambles, I managed to take out the garbage and recyclables in time to meet the truck, toss a load of laundry in my washing machine (I love its mumble-mumble…very soothing), respond to several emails, read the news, bake a batch of dog kibble, and finally settle on a word.  A very good one, as it turned out.  67 points, mwah-hah-ha!

While sipping tea, and mentally preparing myself to settle in for some book writing, I carried on with research begun yesterday on gender differences in regards to how Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) manifests itself in girls, as compared to boys.  Did you know that in girls the “hyperactivity” part of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) sometimes shows itself through hyperverbalization and emotional excitability?

Ahhh!  So much information, so little time!  It’s quite wonderful, really.

Through the morning I also browsed favourite news sites, checked bus schedules, and was momentarily sidetracked by an account of the Sex Pistols playing a tour warm-up-show in Los Angeles.  It seems Johnny Rotten is just as lovely and charming on stage as he was back in the late 70s.  The fans will be ecstatic.

As fascinating as all this has been, it is time for me to set aside my morning, and my almost finished next chapter, and look to the rest of the day. I must prepare to head out to the barn, where a beautiful two-year-old gelding waits to head-but my belly, and prance in a ring.  After that it will be a quick shower, and then out to a play.  Our Town.  Can’t wait!

Perhaps after that, it will be my turn again in Scrabble.

Frenetic is how I get things done.

It’s been a fun week of guest-blogging.  Thank you Orca, and thank you to all who have popped by.  However you get things done, I wish you well with it.

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