Surface posting

[cosmolinguist]

"I feel like I do a lot of surface posting, rather than the introspective stuff I feel like I used to post. I think a lot of it is because I am so ridiculously exhausted all the time."

The other day I saw a friend's post start this way, but this sentence could have been written by me.

I didn't write anything yesterday because my mental health had tanked after work, but I basically got what I needed from yesterday which was a normal day. Until then, this week had featured:

• a vet visit for Gary on Monday -- did I mention he's getting his painkillers as a monthly injection now? the injection works will but it's a stress getting him there
• artificial-sense-of-urgency at work again on Tuesday meaning I was working like mad all morning, couldn't even make lunch until way later than I was hungry, and when that was done I needed a big nap, which makes four or five days in a row of naps, which is a lot for someone who mostly lost the ability to nap in 2020
• vet hospital for Gary on Wednesday!

So yesterday I remember looking at the clock as I shut down my work computer at 5:12 and thinking wow, this is great, I don't immediately need to sleep! and then at 5:21 I was like hmm...okay so I am tired...

I might have needed to sleep, but I didn't get any sleep until like three or four in the morning. Like I said, my mental health crashed.

I've just finished work for today, so here's hoping it doesn't happen again.

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

Commiserations.

[otter]

I could have written that too. Sending hugs

[jesse_the_k]

Sending love and strength.

[lorigami]

"I feel like I do a lot of surface posting, rather than the introspective stuff I feel like I used to post. I think a lot of it is because I am so ridiculously exhausted all the time."

omg this.
<3