mistressofmuses | Okay, *one* more day of taking it easy...

I kind of gave up on doing any of the stuff I planned to yesterday, with the promise that I'd get back onto doing things tonight. (I've got posts I'm behind on making, am slightly behind on comments, haven't written in a week+, could really stand to clean some stuff up at home, etc.)

But man, gotta say I'm not feeling it.

(What's the joke about "self-imposed rules are a great idea, except I know the person who makes the rules, and they're a total pushover"?)

So I think I'm going to take one more day of not doing much, lol.

But tomorrow I really mean it: I'll try to get back to Doing Things and Being Productive.

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I did finally get my covid and flu shots last Monday. While my arm definitely felt like it had been punched (and it bled a bunch, ew), this was probably the most mild of reactions I've had. Some aches and fatigue for a few days, but not actually feeling like I had the flu. Glad to have finally gotten that done.

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This work week felt SO LONG, even though it wasn't. Friday having a longer than usual workday, with my manager out and my weekend coworker covering part of the day (even though it wasn't the part of the day that most needed covering, lol) made it feel like my Saturdays usually do, which made yesterday feel like it should have been Sunday/the last day of my week, and made today feel like I was having to work an extra day.

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I'd just about decided that my plan for the next few weeks/rest of the month would be to put my energy toward reading instead of writing. I took longer than I wanted to on my first book this month, and have a bunch I want to get to, so planned on spending more of my time on that, even if it was at the expense of writing plans and such. Except then I felt really dissatisfied at the end of the week because I didn't do much. So now I'm second-guessing myself.

We'll see if I can manage to knock out some productive stuff and writing tomorrow.

Because really, I do need to get back to it at some point, lol.

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Though we're getting a pretty major pressure system coming through today/tomorrow, and it's possible that the brain fog and general lack of focus is related to that, too. (Of course I have a headache, though not so much of one that I'd call it a migraine... but some of the other symptoms seem like it could be that. I keep writing or typing the wrong words, feel like I could fall asleep at any moment, lose my train of thought even more easily than usual... So that might be part of the battle, too.)

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Sometimes all we need is just a bit of extra rest. I feel I've been doing that a bit as of lately.
Thanks for the reminder - I need to get my covid shot as well. They offer them at my work - I just haven't noticed an email yet.
I wish you the best of luck for getting back to being productive! You got this! :)

Yeah, sometimes you need to take a bit of a break, or else the break will threaten to take you, ha.

Reminder chain for vaccines! I was pushed into getting mine because a different DW friend got hers, ha. I'm glad you can get them at work.

Thank you!

Yes - this is true. I like that saying!
I got mine just this past week. It kicked my butt and I was feeling the effects for about two days but I'm glad I got it.

It's a useful phrase to remind myself of sometimes. (Though TBH I often just use it about naps: I must take a nap, or the nap will take me, lol.)

I'm sorry the vax kicked your butt! I had some mild blahs for a few days after, but was lucky this time compared to most years. The first few kicked my ass heartily.

I like that saying about naps. Way to be in control! ;-)

I've heard that it can be a good sign when that happens - our body building up an immune to the virus... so I like to remind myself of that & it'll be alright.

I've heard the same... your immune system going into overdrive over the vax is a sign that it's taking its job very seriously!

That's always a good thing! Science! :D

Brain fog is the worst! I hope you get to the point where you can do things again very soon.

I hate weeks where I get my days mentally screwed up, and it sounds like your week would have seemed super long.

I hope it's not a migraine, but at least you're aware of it and not letting it slide!

*hugs*

I haaaaate brain fog. It's so annoying, because it's so impossible to fully push through. I did manage to do a bit more today. It wasn't a stunning example of Doing All The Things, but at least it wasn't nothing!

Ugh, I hate weeks that seem just a day off, somehow. It's such a repeated annoying confusion!

Fingers crossed that the migraine, if it was one, is on the way out... Still having some of the fatigue and issues with trailing off mid-thought, or typing the wrong word, but it feels better than it did yesterday. Trying to hydrate, ha.

*hugs*

I'm glad you got your shots, and that overall the reaction was less bad than previous times.

Sorting out when your brain still needs rest/recharging and when to try to push through can be so frustrating. *hugs and sympathy*

Very glad I got my shots! Usually they've knocked me down for a few days after, so it's hard to plan a time to get them. I have to sacrifice a weekend and potentially be able to take time off of work, which is hard to coordinate. I was glad that this time I didn't have to take any PTO, even if a couple days I felt mildly under the weather.

Ugh, it really is frustrating! It's such a frequent issue, too. I wish the "need to rest" and the "need to push through" didn't feel exactly the same in the moment!

*hugs*

I was glad that this time I didn't have to take any PTO, even if a couple days I felt mildly under the weather.

Always a plus!

Having recently been vaccinated, the change of weather, and considering the general overarching blegh of things it makes total sense you're in such a depleted state. I genuinely hope you've been able to get some rest and are feeling better on the brainfog/possible migraine front though?

Yeah... it probably is a lot of things conspiring to make me infinitely sleepy, haha.

But thank you! I was doing a little better today. Still some napping, but at least got a little bit done! While I've still got the same maybe-migraine symptoms, they don't seem as extreme, so hopefully it's on its way out.

The earlier evenings/nightfall are probably part of that too I'd imagine.

You're welcome though! And for that matter, I truly hope you've been feeling significantly more rested and less-migraine-y these past couple of days!

That is true: as soon as we hit time change, I'll lose my mind the way I do every year, haha.

The migraine/pressure-change-induced headaches seem to be on a bit of a roller coaster trajectory right now, but maybe it'll level out soon!

Okay, one more day of taking it easy...

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