Back to business

[wiseheart]

Getting up to Mum several times during the night: check.
Food run: check.
Getting caught in the (fortunately mild) rain without an umbrella on my way back: check.
Cooking: check.
Working on tedious parts of a craft project: check.
Visit from the physiotherapist: check.

But I got a nice e-mail (complete with baby photos) from a young (ex-)colleague, currently on maternity leave, and my friend Eenie called me an hour or so ago, so the day wasn't completely wasted, after all.

Comments

[meathiel]

Doesn't sound like the best day ever ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It wasn't that bad, honestly. Just the usual Alltagstrott, as you Germans say. As Heidi put it: unfortunately, we aren't twenty-year-olds anymore...

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

:)

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

It's lovely that you are still in contact with ex colleagues. I more or less broke all ties with my last job, because I hated what it turned me into at the end. Sorry about the rain, but an umbrella plus shopping is always a problem, anyway.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

There was a time I almost came to hate my school — had panic attacks every day I left home to work. But then I decided that I was there earlier than Boss Woman and won't let her drive me out. So I penned a huge version of the "Litany against fear" (from Dune), hung it up on the side of my classroom cupboard (my excuse was that I taught English as well at the time) and read it loud to myself in the breaks while I was alone in the room. After a few months, it started to work.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Some days are just like that — life can be very ordinary... but then there is a nice thing to brighten it up, like the baby pics and a phone call from a friend. As long as there is a little leavening we can make the most of each day, I guess!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I don't know how I'd survive without my friends. I need people around me to remain sane, at least most of the time, so lockdown wasn't very good for my mental health. Fortunately, I had so much to do, with Mum and everything, that I rarely had the time to think about it. But after a while you just break down...

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Sorry your day wasn't the best. These are definitely trying times.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And after a while you really find it hard to care anymore.