What to do? What to do?

I was in a daze today. I literally did not know what to do with myself. I don't know if it's because of all the excitement of the past few weeks now suddenly being over or if I am in a slight state of mourning. Perhaps a little of both? I feel like this is the end of an era, but really it's not because there are two more movies that have yet to come out that will keep the Harry Potter spirit alive. That and I can read the books again any time that I want to. But there will be no more surprises and no more anticipation. I finally sat down and knitted for a little while which is something that I haven't been doing the last week or so. I tried to finish the Gryffindor scarf bag before the book was released. I did, but then frogged the flap because I knitted it in St st and it was curling too much. I now have it almost finished with just a few more rows to go and have fixed the problem by starting and ending each edge with three sts in garter so that it stays flat. Can't wait to get birthday money. I am so psyched to buy more yarn and get cracking on Christmas projects as well as my first Buffyverse sweater. I still haven't decided which one I'm going to try first, but I think it may be the Willow overlay in yellow and orange. It caught my eye the most along with the boat mock turtleneck in hot pink. I'm drawn to the color even though I rarely wear color myself.
Trying to hang on to money here in Guam is like trying to hang onto a feather in typhoon winds. It's proving to be quite difficult because everything that you would normally do is twice as much as you're used to and everything costs money. Whether you're going to a movie, or driving around the island because gas costs money and you can't really walk or bike anywhere here. You can, but you may as well jump out into the middle of the road and let them get it over and done with hitting you. Gas is creeping up to $4 a gallon and with no freeways and just stop and go traffic, a trip to the GPO (closest mall) takes about thirty minutes..... only twenty if you miss all the red lights. I need a hobby. Something more physically demanding then knitting because my legs are just itching for some serious movement. I feel like a caged animal and all I want to do is get out and run. *sigh*
I will work through it though and things will get better. Being more active will benefit and give me something fun and free to do. Being lazy is expensive.