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Better day at work, at least.

Though I slept horribly last night - I was concerned, because we just moved to a new payroll system, and this was the first payday using it. Previously, everyone's checks would be listed as pending the day before payday, and would clear at midnight. Digging through the new system's info, they claim that things get cleared at midnight as well.

Only... yesterday no pending check, and nothing dropped in at midnight. Because I was then anxious, I woke up literally every fifteen or thirty minutes for most of the night. Finally got to sleep for a while around four, and when I got up a bit after seven, still no paycheck. I called my mom, since she works in payroll, to let her know... so then there was a string of panic, only for all the checks to clear right at 8:00. *facepalm* So I feel like kind of an ass, but at the same time... kind of disconcerting. Ah well, at least it WAS nothing and not something.

Having slept so poorly last night, I'm just about dozing off. (Already catching myself doing the "I'll just shut my eyes for a moment..." thing.)

May or may not fight my way through some writing tonight. I kinda don't want to break my 2022 streak so soon, but... I'm damn tired.

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Damn, I'm glad it appears everything payroll and otherwise is settled though that sounds like an excessively stressful night.

As for your 2022 streak, I can totally relate to that compulsion of wanting to check off another day/box/etc., but sleep probably takes precedent. Of course I say this entirely hypocritically as that's something I struggle with <<<must finish the thing!>>> haha, so take that with a grain of hypocrite salt? Annoying thing about all of it is time and time again, I've demonstrated to myself that I'll complete whatever task easier and better with sleep than having pushed myself to the brink.

Anxiety is a bitch, so I'm glad it wound up all being fine. It was a silly thing to lose sleep over, because it's not like not sleeping would change the outcome, but knowing that doesn't ever help, haha.

It's true! I know that having gotten a decent amount of sleep makes me better at doing the things... but I pretty frequently wind up getting less sleep than ideal, because I wanted to get the things done! It's a vicious cycle, really.

It seriously is. Despite knowing that there's nothing you can do at times, it still runs completely amok. I hope you've since caught up on sleep though.

*snorts* Sounds a bit too familiar that cycle haha. Except I add a whole 'nother layer by procrastinapping as a "compromise" for said sleep loss with the intention of catching up after... lol.

The procrastinap! My other downfall! Do I need more sleep, or am I using sleep to put off the thing I should be working on? And the promise that "I'll feel more rested and prepared to work on the thing!" is always a lie, lol.

Ugh. New pay system. What a pain in the ass. *hugs* And sorry that it stressed you out so that you couldn't sleep. I suppose it's better it fuck up now right before Mercury goes retrograde on the 14th. >_

Super pain in the ass. I hate that it stressed me out so badly, because it's not like it helped, lol.

Oh jeez, well that won't be helping anything, lol

Sorry about that one, but better warned about Mercury going Retrograde rather than being caught off guard by it. I posted something last week, I think, on FB about all the Mercury Retrogrades this year. I've got them marked down in my phone calendar.

I appreciate the warning!