In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Quote:If I was more on top of things during the week, I wouldn't have to do anything on Sunday. So I'm just making up for my lack of diligence the rest of the week
Originally posted by Brenda:
As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.
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I've slept for two days straight.
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Originally posted by SignyM:Quote:If I was more on top of things during the week, I wouldn't have to do anything on Sunday. So I'm just making up for my lack of diligence the rest of the week
Originally posted by Brenda:
As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.
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Pity would be no more,
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Well, maybe your busy Sunday is a good thing. Saturday can be my day to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything during the week.
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Quote:Is that unusual for you?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I've slept for two days straight.
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I would imagine you're still recovering from that serious bout of waterborne infection that you had. You have to still rebuild your gut lining and all, and that takes energy.
Plus, you're amazingly productive, inventive and motivated when you're "on" but it seems to me that you can get knocked off track by winter, by setbacks (such as illness or bad weather), and a kind of letdown when you complete a project. That makes it a little hard to tell whether you're suffering from a physical illness or a mental letdown. I do worry that that watermain break might have exposed you to something a little more complicated than bacteria. You said, for example, that the ditch across the street was home to muskrats. It might also be home to any number of waterborne parasites like giardia or cryptosporidia. So, if you can, see if you can differentiate between PHYSICAL lack of energy and just lack of drive. It can be hard because one feels much like the other.
I hope that you recover soon and are feeling better, SIX. But, yanno, you don't have to be monstrously productive all the time. Maybe set yourself a small project that doesn't take too much physical or mental energy, and see how you do with that?
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Quote:Ah, in my case, it's not an issue of forgetting. I use the stickies in my diary to keep me on track with three times a week/ weekly/ twice a month/ monthly/ quarterly chores, a calendar for all those appointments(!) and I have a ginormous list of "things to do" on a "time available" basis. The problem is, I have way more things to do than I have time or (more importantly) energy. I can only put in so much work before I poop out.
BRENDA: As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.
SIGNY: If I was more on top of things during the week, I wouldn't have to do anything on Sunday. So I'm just making up for my lack of diligence the rest of the week
BRENDA: Well, maybe your busy Sunday is a good thing. Saturday can be my day to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything during the week.
Sigh.
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Physically, my gut isn't doing the best right now. Let's just say it's been an uncomfortable few weeks and leave it at that. I did some more barter work for somebody else last week, but I have been very irritable and I derived no pleasure from it. I was looking forward to the weekend so I could finally mow the lawn but it rained 2 days straight. Now that it's sunny and cool outside, I still haven't even been able to drag my ass outside to mow the lawn that desperately needs to be mowed, and to be honest I don't think it's going to happen today.
I feel like all sense of motivation is just gone right now. I usually feel a sense of guilt with that which eventually forces me out of this behavior, but I don't have that right now. I'm bored out of my skull but I still don't want to do anything. Even just vegging and watching YouTube videos is not enjoyable and I don't even have the slightest desire to immerse myself in some mindless video game time.
I've really been in a bad mood for weeks right now. This is out of character for me, even when compared to the normal lulls in my activity. I've hardly even talked on the phone with anybody recently because I really have nothing positive to say about anything at all and I don't want to bring other people down with my debby downer mood.
I dunno. One of these days I'll stop saying that tomorrow is another day and I'll actually get back on the horse.
Hopefully tomorrow. 
At least my back tweak from early last week wasn't a really bad one and isn't bothering me anymore right now. Sometimes I can be suffering from those for weeks at a time.
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Quote:I wish there was some way to communicate offline bc I'd like to follow up in more detail. It does sound more physical than mental, tho, since you're experiencing irritability which is unusual for you. If it tracks back to the watermain incident, I would definitely try a follow up with a doctor. County Hospital and Public Health might be very interested in knowing what you had and where you got it, and if your county hospital is like ours, it's free.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Physically, my gut isn't doing the best right now. Let's just say it's been an uncomfortable few weeks and leave it at that. I did some more barter work for somebody else last week, but I have been very irritable and I derived no pleasure from it. I was looking forward to the weekend so I could finally mow the lawn but it rained 2 days straight. Now that it's sunny and cool outside, I still haven't even been able to drag my ass outside to mow the lawn that desperately needs to be mowed, and to be honest I don't think it's going to happen today.
I feel like all sense of motivation is just gone right now. I usually feel a sense of guilt with that which eventually forces me out of this behavior, but I don't have that right now. I'm bored out of my skull but I still don't want to do anything. Even just vegging and watching YouTube videos is not enjoyable and I don't even have the slightest desire to immerse myself in some mindless video game time.
I've really been in a bad mood for weeks right now. This is out of character for me, even when compared to the normal lulls in my activity. I've hardly even talked on the phone with anybody recently because I really have nothing positive to say about anything at all and I don't want to bring other people down with my debby downer mood.
I dunno. One of these days I'll stop saying that tomorrow is another day and I'll actually get back on the horse.
Hopefully tomorrow.
At least my back tweak from early last week wasn't a really bad one and isn't bothering me anymore right now. Sometimes I can be suffering from those for weeks at a time.
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If it goes bak futher than that... well, I would be looking for some sort of exposure to something. For example, if you were working with old CCA-treated wood and breathing a lot of sawdust, you may have been exposed to one of the toxic metals embedded in the wood. Or possibly a chronic nutritional deficiency caught up with you. I don't know, all I can do is guess and wring my hands a bit. I hope you track it down and feel better soon, SIX.
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Quote:Ah, in my case, it's not an issue of forgetting. I use the stickies in my diary to keep me on track with three times a week/ weekly/ twice a month/ monthly/ quarterly chores, a calendar for all those appointments(!) and I have a ginormous list of "things to do" on a "time available" basis. The problem is, I have way more things to do than I have time or (more importantly) energy. I can only put in so much work before I poop out.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
BRENDA: As I've said SIG. Sunday is the one day I let myself do basically nothing all day.
SIGNY: If I was more on top of things during the week, I wouldn't have to do anything on Sunday. So I'm just making up for my lack of diligence the rest of the week
BRENDA: Well, maybe your busy Sunday is a good thing. Saturday can be my day to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything during the week.
Sigh.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Ah, my issue can be forgetting. I do keep lists in a note book in my back pack and update it, then lists on the fridge for appointments more or less and sometimes I scribble things down on a calendar. Doesn't mean that I can't forget something along the line though.
I slowly started developing these "systems" for lack of a better word when my mum was still alive and I had to keep track of her appointments and such. So, they've just stuck with me.
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Out for my walk on another bright sunny day. Need a bit of groceries. Hoping when I get back to get a bit of dusting done after the dishes. So later peeps.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I wish there was some way to communicate offline bc I'd like to follow up in more detail.
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