What Are Fun Alternatives to Clubbing and Drinking?

[turbo]

I like working in my garden. Sadly, that garden is winding down for the year. I have dug up my beets and carrots for cold storage, and about the only stuff left down there is kale and Brussels sprouts. We had a crappy year for gardening, but it is 'way better than no garden at all.

Luckily, my dog is very well-behaved with regard to food, or he would have dug up and eaten all the carrots long ago. He is a fiend for carrots, but he won't steal them - he'll beg and get all moony-eyed until I give him one, though.

 

[nucleargirl]

a good time is...

eating. always!
laughing with friends and eating with friends.
sleeping and lying in bed knowing that I don't have to do any work at that moment and the moment after that.
grocery shopping and bargain hunting... both at the same time!
going into designer stores and have the sales people smile and greet me like I'm a fricking king!
looking at jewelry in expensive stores and deciding which one I like best.
going out as much as possible when its sunny and looking into the sun to prevent SAD...
feel like I'm winning at life when I manage to get home safe/ get to places on time/ eat my 5-a-day etc.

its the little things!

oh, and getting given free stuff on the street! happen here all the time! it makes my day!

 

[Pythagorean]

building and sailing your own boat:

http://www.pdracer.com

 

[hmzone]

I don't know really. Haven't had any fun in a long, long time. All i do is study nowadays, hopefully it pays off in march

I do like watching soccer/football in weekends tho

 

[mathwonk]

if studying isn't fun, you might specializing in, i.e. doing grad work in, a different area.

It seems hopeless to persist long enough to get a PhD in an area that offers no stimulation at all other than pain.oops...thread diversion alert!

 

[DoggerDan]

Having friends over for dinner and talk, then sipping wine while lying on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace while whispering sweet nothings with the woman of my dreams.

Most times, though, it's just getting together with friends.

 

[turbo]

These days, it's mostly doing stuff outside and hanging with my wife and my dog. I can't stand to be around people who have strong fragrances in their clothing (Bounce, Downy, and detergent fragrances, etc) because the chemicals make me so sick with migraines, respiratory collapse, painful flare-ups of my arthritis, etc. Once you have spent a few days recovering from a single exposure like that, your idea of a "good time" gets changed pretty fast.

Can't sleep because you can't breathe, get out of bed because you feel that you should get out of bed (even though you are not rested), stumble through the day with crippling arthritis pain, just trying to function? Arise coughing and gagging from all the mucus that has accumulated in your sinuses and lungs? That's pretty much my regular day if I try to help neighbors build stuff or be around them to repair mechanics, etc.

My wife does her best to minimize my exposures, but she has to have a life, and I want her to be able to enjoy our neighbors' grand-kids and our youngest niece. She took them to see Puss in Boots today, and immediately stripped off her clothes and took a shower when she got home. It's all she can do, and it's still not enough to keep me from feeling ill. The migraines are bad, but the flared-up arthritis that lasts for days is a real pain. I love working outside, and it sucks to feel so old and crippled up.

 

[lisab]

Hiking for several hours up a challenging trail, and having my favorite lunch (PBJ ) at the top, looking down at a beautiful view.

 

[titaniumpen]

Anything that I'm not forced to do. Which means no homework and deadlines.

Reading some thrillers, learning something new in science, playing Battlefield 3, simply chatting with friends, blogging, watching The Simpsons...

 

[Mépris]

Thank you for all the replies.

 

[donaldbracy]

Just talking and laughing with friends and coming back home feeling good not feeling like I wasted my time.