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arthur_p_dent) wrote2024-08-14 09:23 pm
arthur_p_dent) wrote2024-08-14 09:23 pm
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This past week...
Hey. I'm going to quickly skim through most of the week so I can get to today. Today's been rough.
Last week ended fairly normally, although I can say that I've really gotten used to not working Fridays, and not having the day off kinda sucked. I didn't make any plans for the weekend either, which was a good thing since I was really busy doing stuff around the house. I did get out for a good run on Saturday and reached a new personal best for the distance, and I'm very close to reaching a target time I set for myself.
I didn't mention goals last week so I will today. I just had a look at the summer so far and it's been a yo-yo, up one week and down the next. Last week was a down week, and especially bad for sleep. I've actually had this weird thing going on lately when I go to bed - I'll be in the process of falling asleep, and a dream starts up, but whatever is going on in the dream quickly becomes uncomfortable, and I wake myself up to avoid it. In real time only about 15 minutes has gone by since laying down, and afterward I'm wide awake for at least an hour.
Went to the running club yesterday. Had a good run, talked with a few different people - all in all a decent night out. When I got home I still felt ok and wasn't tired yet, so I decided to sit out by the fire table for a bit. And that's where the story of today begins.
After going to bed much later than I intended, I woke up at 4am with a splitting headache. Went to put on my glasses - couldn't find them. They somehow ended up under the bed. Took some ibuprofen, and then went to get my phone - couldn't find it. Searched everywhere, inside and out, and finally used 'find my phone' to track it down. It was in a basket of blankets in the living room - I must have knocked it off the arm of the couch when I got up to go to bed.
That stressful scavenger hunt didn't do my headache any favours, so I went back to bed. And proceeded to sleep through my alarm. I woke up an hour later, and probably would have stayed in bed - except that I had to get the dog to her follow-up appointment from her surgery last week. In 45 minutes. Quick shower, no breakfast, just about ready to go, when I realize - I don't have the roof or doors on my Jeep. Can't exactly strap her to the seat, and not nearly enough time to put it all together, so she had to go in a pet carrier. She was not a fan of me after that, I can tell you. On the plus side, the vet did say that she healed very well. Got her home and still hadn't eaten, so I nuked a leftover chick parm slider and ate that while I put my lunch together. Not the breakfast of champions, and didn't sit entirely well. Finally got to work at 9:30 feeling tired and sluggish. Fortunately it was a quiet day so I didn't need to be firing on all cylinders, but it was definitely not a productive day.
And although things did improve as the day went on, I'm still not feeling quite myself, so I am now off to bed. Hopefully the coming days are better than this one, and hoping you all have good days to come as well. =]
Last week ended fairly normally, although I can say that I've really gotten used to not working Fridays, and not having the day off kinda sucked. I didn't make any plans for the weekend either, which was a good thing since I was really busy doing stuff around the house. I did get out for a good run on Saturday and reached a new personal best for the distance, and I'm very close to reaching a target time I set for myself.
I didn't mention goals last week so I will today. I just had a look at the summer so far and it's been a yo-yo, up one week and down the next. Last week was a down week, and especially bad for sleep. I've actually had this weird thing going on lately when I go to bed - I'll be in the process of falling asleep, and a dream starts up, but whatever is going on in the dream quickly becomes uncomfortable, and I wake myself up to avoid it. In real time only about 15 minutes has gone by since laying down, and afterward I'm wide awake for at least an hour.
Went to the running club yesterday. Had a good run, talked with a few different people - all in all a decent night out. When I got home I still felt ok and wasn't tired yet, so I decided to sit out by the fire table for a bit. And that's where the story of today begins.
After going to bed much later than I intended, I woke up at 4am with a splitting headache. Went to put on my glasses - couldn't find them. They somehow ended up under the bed. Took some ibuprofen, and then went to get my phone - couldn't find it. Searched everywhere, inside and out, and finally used 'find my phone' to track it down. It was in a basket of blankets in the living room - I must have knocked it off the arm of the couch when I got up to go to bed.
That stressful scavenger hunt didn't do my headache any favours, so I went back to bed. And proceeded to sleep through my alarm. I woke up an hour later, and probably would have stayed in bed - except that I had to get the dog to her follow-up appointment from her surgery last week. In 45 minutes. Quick shower, no breakfast, just about ready to go, when I realize - I don't have the roof or doors on my Jeep. Can't exactly strap her to the seat, and not nearly enough time to put it all together, so she had to go in a pet carrier. She was not a fan of me after that, I can tell you. On the plus side, the vet did say that she healed very well. Got her home and still hadn't eaten, so I nuked a leftover chick parm slider and ate that while I put my lunch together. Not the breakfast of champions, and didn't sit entirely well. Finally got to work at 9:30 feeling tired and sluggish. Fortunately it was a quiet day so I didn't need to be firing on all cylinders, but it was definitely not a productive day.
And although things did improve as the day went on, I'm still not feeling quite myself, so I am now off to bed. Hopefully the coming days are better than this one, and hoping you all have good days to come as well. =]
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