Tuesday Blues

Scribbled down on August 26th, 2008 by she
Posted in It's a Living

I took my fill-in boss’ advice and stayed home from work today. After working way too much OT last week and spending chunks of my weekend putting out fires, I really did need a break. My ability to hold a coherent thought has pretty much gone out the window and my ulcer is acting up.  I’m sure it’s all stress related but I feel like pooh.  Of course a 4 day weekend break would have been better than a Tuesday break. Beggars can’t be choosers though.

Staying home doesn’t mean I’m not working. I can’t help myself. Type A work-a-holic; that’s me. I’m working from the comfort of my home office – putting out today’s batch of fires and throwing in my two cents everywhere – while attempting to convince myself that I don’t need a new iPod today. My old iPod finally bit the dust and I’m eyeing a replacement this week.  I can’t purchase it until next week though.  I have to wait for my allowance.  Can’t use family money.  Must use my own.  Or so I’m trying to convince myself.

It’s noon and I’m already bored out of my gourd.  I can’t stand not working when I’m perfectly healthy.  I have no idea what to do with myself in these situations.  If I’m not careful I might succumb to the urge to be a keener and start working through the course readings for my Enviro Chem class.  Classes start back up next week and I have the textbook and reading lists sitting less than 5 feet from my desk.

Or maybe I’ll pick apples from the apple tree.  I can bring a bunch to co-workers in the morning.

UPPERDATE: If I had gone to work today my day would be over and I’d be in my truck heading home.  Instead I’m on a “sick day” and have put in at least 4 hours of work, including fielding calls and emails from the office.  Not a horrific day by any standards but I think Drew’s annoyed I didn’t spend the day in bed trying to catch up on my sleep.  I am very tired – mostly mental and emotional exhaustion – and will need to toddle off to bed early tonight.  Hopefully our dinner friends will be of a similar mind and willing to call it an early night tonight.


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