Wonder Woman by day...

vegetable by evening.

Friday, 9.29.23

I am listening to the low hum of the air-conditioning unit cycling on.  It’s mid afternoon and although we’re in the autumn season, the mid days are still relatively warm in the mid 80s.  The mornings are so crisp and cool though and the late afternoons cool off nicely as well.  Friday’s are our short day at work and I am usually home by 2:30 PM.  I should be catching up on housework but alas, I am reposing in the cool leather recliner. It has been another long work week.

I’m not sure if it’s from the bright harvest full moon that interrupted my sleep all week or if it’s just the cycle of the moon itself that has caused me to wear myself out during the day and come home completely drained. I’ve felt like a complete vegetable almost every afternoon this week.  I was hoping the cooler temperatures would allow me to do more in the afternoons but it hasn’t happened for me this week. I’m also still struggling to sit still and write.  Maybe it was just a really busy work week because of the full moon.

I do not experience this fatigue at work, thankfully.  Perhaps I pushed myself too hard this week.  Since I have been back at this job, I have been trying really hard to stay balanced and not take on too many things at a time.  Pace myself.  This job will consume you if you let it.  That is why I seem to run screaming from it every 5 years. Before I went back this time, I sat down and wrote out a plan of action to help me work through the bumps of the job with resilience and grace.  Four months in and so far it is working.

This is all I have after 30 minutes.  WOW!  I’m just brain dead in the afternoon.  

Note to self: Let’s try to keep these writing exercises in the morning when I’m fresher and more lively.  Not thinking very clearly or creatively after being at work dealing with folks all day!