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Happy Birthdaaaaaay to Daoust!
(That is as disturbing as only a Teletubbies meets mimes who talk meets Andy's Here Comes Treble can be)
A belated thank you for this, Anque. You're so money. (I've decided just now to revive that expression.)
I took the day off today. It started as a half-day off to attend a meeting about my mom's long-term care needs and options, one of the crappy things you have to deal with as your parents get older. Then it became a full day because the 3-year-old had us up all night with a cough and fever. It's been forever since I took a day for myself.
Mental Health days should be built into every job. It's good for productivity, man.
No kidding. I'm technically coming off a four day weekend, but things are such that none of it amounted to a relaxing break.
Yeah, having time to yourself is really key. Not that I don't adore my family and my friends, but even an ambivert like myself needs some sweet beautiful silence from time to time.
Mr. Bubble tried to play me some aggressive indie pop song when I was still drinking my first cup of coffee. He doesn't get it, man. Every day of my life, I need even more than the day before to sit in silence and contemplate things. Things like, how did I get to be this age, sitting here in this place, drinking this coffee? The last thing I remember clearly was the 90s and then a bunch of stuff happened and now I'm old and don't want to hear strange new music in the morning. I don't want to hear anything in the morning. And if I did, it would be the sound of whale songs or a great, bass, solitary church bell solemnly chiming in the distance. Definitely not aggressive indie pop or chattering boyfriends. I need many many hours and many many cups of coffee before I can people at all.