Tired and Cranky and Weepy, Oh, My!
By Keiti | October 21, 2007
There comes a point for me when sleep deprivation leads to the inevitable exhaustion, bitchiness and the constant urge to burst into tear for absolutely no reason.
I have hit that point. The exhaustion I can handle, but I got sick last weekend and have been fighting icky sickness (by living off as much Airborne as I can possibly consume in a 24-hour period) ever since. I came home from work early on Friday (which, if you’ll recall is supposed to be my day off, but I picked up the shift since I took last Monday off due to being sick) and slept nearly twelve hours and went to work last night feeling pretty good. Today I’m feeling crappy again, and I woke up about an hour ago with the urge to burst into tears and bemoaning the fact that I really want to do nothing more than pack my bags and move to the UK somewhere (preferably Scotland, but at this point I don’t think I’d be picky). And there’s scuttlebutt floating around that the powers that be are going to start laying people off as early as this coming Friday. Even though I knew from the beginning that this was going to be a temporary job, it’s supposed to last until mid-December, so I’m hoping that part isn’t true. With having been out of work for 5 months, I’m trying to replace the savings that I lived off of during that time and save some money to, at the very least, move out of Florida after the first of the year.
There’s so much I want to do - the other KP and I are working on starting our own business. I still want to go to grad school (in the UK, of course) and have sent off one application to Birmingham City University, and I’ve got others I need to get together as well, but haven’t had much time with the 72-hour work weeks. That is going to be a priority, though, as soon as Friday rolls around and I get another day off. I already have them picked out, I just need to set aside the time to get the applications done and my essays written, etc. There just aren’t enough hours in the day.
So, my point is that if I’ve seem a bit bitchy lately, I am.
I’ll get over it. Eventually.
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