float_on_alright | Mental Health Day (Reply)

I called out sick today because of a sinus headache and my desire for a mental health day. I know I get weekends and I get days off all over the place, and I've had lots of holidays the last couple of weeks, but I could feel myself itching. I don't know. I suppose if I were to go to bed like a normal person, I might feel less like I need those types of days, but I'm not sure. I think that feeling of itchiness wasn't going to go away until I took an extra day. I know I have a vacation coming up soon, but that's still different. It's still with purpose rather than just a day to recover. I know I can’t possibly have that much to recover from, but there you go. I love my job, but there is a lot of people-ing, and my personal life has had a lot of people-ing, and I have events every day the next few days.

I’m hoping that mom will go to the beach this weekend, but there is talk of a special fellowship thing this weekend and next that mom will insist on going to and she’ll want me to go along with her for parts of it and I just honestly have zero interest in that right at the moment.

I also need to go to bed early tonight (hahahaha) because tomorrow I have a doctor’s appointment about 36 miles away at 8am and traffic is going to be a bitch, and I still need a shower. Sigh. I should’ve canceled that damn appointment. Well, maybe not. It is my counseling session. But I’m also not sure what my new insurance is going to cover--if anything at all which makes me nervous. I seriously should’ve called today, but I honestly forgot all about the appointment until about 5:30 this evening so there wasn’t anything I could do about it at that point. I’ll have to take a nap in a car at some point tomorrow probably since I’ll need to work until 8pm.

Because I took the sick day today, I told myself I would get some stuff accomplished today. I told myself I’d do a couple of chores and write 1,000 words, but that was BEFORE I realized I’d have to be up at O’ dark thirty tomorrow for the shower and the appointment. I did take the dog for a nice walk, clean my bathroom, finish one of my Netgalley books, write the review for the NetGalley book I finished, put gas in the car, and got started on mess leftover from the Christmas wrapping/pile of “deal with this shit after the holidays” stacks I have going on. And I do have 500 words, not including this post, written so I’ll be close by the end of this, so I’m pleased with that.

Alright. I better head to bed so I can drag my ass out of bed and shower in the morning.

Quick P.S. with this post, I have about 1,030 words. Woot!