How are you doing?
No, seriously. How are you? I’m exhausted. You can see this reflected in how little I’ve posted lately. I can’t even gather the energy to post a Caption This. And I’m just posting those. MacCrocodile and Dale do the heavy lifting on those.
So regular commenters and lurkers alike. How are you?
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135 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.I’m doing pretty good, thanks for asking. I have lots of fun things to look forward to this weekend. I’m a regular ray of frickin’ sunshine today.
Hope you get your energy back soon.
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“regular ray of frickin’ sunshine today”
That reminds me of the article on sarcasm that I meant to post earlier..
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Not bad, you?
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Tired. And I have no reason to be.
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Exhausted sums it up well too (not physically, but in that “I can’t bear to even read the news today” kind of way, if that makes sense).
Otherwise, fine I suppose. Thanks for asking!
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That’s exactly it. Not physically but just mentally drained.
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Thanks Chris. Pretty fed up, long term unemployed, have no money, back living with the parents(ugh). Really need a job. Owe money. Tough to sleep and equally tough to get out of bed. On the plus side it’s been a warm November, my beard is coming along nicely and I’m currently enjoying Skyrim. At least I have good eyes, teeth and I’m not homeless or starving!
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Sorry to hear that Stephen. I was unemployed for a long time at one point. I remembered hearing how when they tabulate unemployment statistics, they don’t count those who have given up looking for work. I didn’t understand how anybody could give up looking for work when they had no job. After months of being unemployed, I finally got it. It starts wearing you down after a while. It starts to feel hopeless.
It isn’t though.
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I feel the same as you. Don’t want to do anything or go anywhere. Maybe if I stay at home long enough I will get arrested.
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This seems to be the consensus.
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You seem to have good timing with these questions. Last time you asked, the rumor was that I hadn’t gotten the job I’d interviewed for. Today, the rumor is that today is my last day at this temp job, but the boss still hasn’t said anything to me about it (much in the same way he didn’t tell me about the job until the last minute, by email). I should go to lunch now, but after I get back, I really need to just corner him in his office and ask him point blank about what I’ve heard.
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I’d hire you as caption writer. On a temporary basis of course. And without benefits, perks, or salary. But I could come up with an awesome title.
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I’ll come up with my own title, thank you.
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I bet Mac’s title would be even better. Good luck Mac!
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That’s the kind of ambitious thinking that will get you an even higher title grade. Salary still is the same though. Blame the 1%.
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Chris, there’s not enough room for my new title. I know it’s your blog and everything, but fix that. I’m going to need at least thirty or forty more characters here.
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I think I could give him a better title.
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Dale, you could possibly give me more titles, but I dispute your ability to give me a better title. Those are different things.
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I’ll accept that and be happy with it.
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I have a baby who is five months old. I have an art career that is pretty much stalled.
So… I’m not sleeping or able to live up to my towering expectations of myself. And I have to go to work today. Not feeling that great.
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It could be worse. And will be. Wait until the terrible twos.
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I’m pondering building a child cage for tantrums. Or maybe a ball pit. They sell small ones for about sixty bucks.
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When I was a kid my parents remedied that with booze. Seriously – they told me that when I was a baby, if I was crying and they couldn’t shut me up my Dad would rub a little whiskey on my gums and I’d be out for the night. I can’t say it was good parenting, but it worked. Also, it was the 60s, man.
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I went through your site (linked from your name) and really liked Chatter. I agree with Chris though, artistic motivation comes in waves so as soon as you’re done in your current state of mind you’ll find your voice again. Looking at big coffee table art books always helped me a lot.
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I have a lot of concepts and inspirations already, and that’s kind of become the problem. Without a single focus I end up making a snail’s progress on several divergent paths.
Anyway, the shoe paintings are new this year, and have received the most interest, so I’m determined to keep chugging along.
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I have too many art projects going on right now. And I have to do all the design/print/extra work for my dad’s suprise 60th coming up. Plus I need to sift through my art for finished pieces and redo my website gallery with only those, and paint a new piece based on a drawing, and start a new series to develop one cohesive style. I’m not sure where I’m going with my artwork – just kinda lost right now.
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See the comment above you.
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stressed. I have a soundcheck in 2 hours, that I’m unprepared for
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That will just give you more of a raw edge.
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nagging wife + bad kid + bullshit job = ehhhh could be better
endless supply of Bushmills waiting for me at home = ehh could be worse
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I don’t know what a Bushmill is so I have no idea how to respond.
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It’s Whiskey. Ryan really should share.
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Conflicted. Appreciative to have a job but disappointed that I am stuck being high level help desk support despite the organization being changed so we had a contract help desk. But when they need help I get the call. Specifically wanted to not do help desk work anymore (or crawl under desks pulling cable) but I still do.
Appreciative for fall though, and days of use-or-lose vacation ahead to recharge myself mentally and hopefully re-energized for my job. And appreciative for fall/winter seasonal beer releases, hello Imperial Stouts and Dark Porters!
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I was with you up to the beer part. ew. fermented barley juice.
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It’s OK, I still appreciate you despite your dislike of hops. Salted caramel hot chocolates, gingerbread lattes and peppermint mochas are around at the various coffee shops so that is another bonus.
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I’ll be doing a lot better in about two hours time… then it’s away from this cubicle for nine whole days. Everyone have a Happy Gobble Gobble Day should I not contribute in the upcoming week.
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It’s been two hours. Congratulations
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Same here, 9 more days before I have to get on another Damn plane.
But thankful to have a job and hope everyone gets one soon!
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Just starting at a new job, seems pretty good. It’s the kind of work I’ve been waiting for three years, even though is not the kind of payment yet. My grad study is a mess, it’s almost december, and I am already practicing the please-gimme-another-deadline speech. But I’m feeling optimistic, so I’ll give it an eight.
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Pay should come with time. Congratulations on getting a job that you’ve been waiting so long for!
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Thank you, Chris. This is so good even the dislike person passed by to show his/hers envy.
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Tired. I had a dream last night where I was a shapeshifter posing as myself, therefore I woke up very confused.
Also, has anybody seen Ray Comfort’s “180″?
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I haven’t seen it. I haven’t even heard of it. Have a link?
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It’s long (about thirty minutes), it seems Ray Comfort wants us to believe that young people don’t know who Hitler was. Also, it seems he’s hyped this monster up a bit.
http://180movie.com/
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Finishing up a big issue at work. Tired. Getting over a cold that seems to have traveled to my chest and likes it there. Miss my boyfriend who just moved to England. Sigh.
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Sorry that your bf moved away. The good news is that there’s so much technology now that you’ll get to keep in communication with him as easy as if he was next door.
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Like you I’m too tired to
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If only we could get time to stop for a week..
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I’m ok, thanks. Just saw Drive today, which was great. Other than that I’m fine. Tired though, for no good reason.
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Drive? That’s not the one with sparkle vampires right? *hovers finger over ban button*
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For me this has been a crazy week. One one hand my older sister had her baby – the baby she never thought she could conceive! On the other hand my dear friend lost his only child to depression. So joyous and terribly sad.
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Congrats to your sister, and condolences to your friend. Can’t really give a thumbs up or down, so I’ll just leave it at that.
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Sheesh Tanya.
Sorry to hear about your friend. But happy to hear about your sister. You’ve hit both extremes of the emotional spectrum on one comment.
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I’m sorry to say: I’m doing really well, Chris. I’m sliding through these interesting times—fire on one side, ice on the other; it’s exhilarating waiting to see if I’ll burn or freeze!
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Can’t you just be tired like most of us?
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Mixed feelings. On the down side, today is the last day of an 8-day vacation (my last one this year) and I go back at 4:00 tomorrow morning. But after reading some of the other responses, I’m grateful that I have a job to go back to, even if it is in a grocery store. On the upside, no nagging wife, no bratty kids, and I’m enjoying building a kick-ass kitty condo for my cats. I’m probably enjoying it more than my cats will appreciate it, but I’ll also have more fun watching them use it more than they will.
Chris – as for the lack of energy thing – do you ever take those 5-hour energy shots? They’re an awesome remedy for the mid-day slump. I keep one in my night stand. When the alarm comes on I take a single swig from one (about a third of a bottle). It helps me wake up, and by the time I get out of the shower I’m feeling great. Well, as great as one can feel at 3:15 a.m.
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I’m a morning coffee person with a 2pm red bull. It keeps me hyper but there’s still an underlying fatigue that it doesn’t help with.
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Tired. Have a busy lesson-planning weekend ahead of me. Had several parent conferences this week.
Plus, I have usually classes about classroom management and other education-related things…despite the fact that I’m already a certified, experienced teacher with my own classroom now. Le sigh.
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Weren’t you subbing for a long time? Congrats on getting a permanent position (if I’m reading this right)
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Technically speaking, I’m still a sub. I’m in for a maternity leave, and she is likely not to return for the rest of the year. I’m so tired today that I only realized after I posted my original that there was a spelling mistake. Damnation!
The job itself is great (despite the lack of health insurance, union protection, and salary). I’m good at it, I enjoy it, and the kids like me. It’s just the darn evening classes that are driving me nuts. I really don’t need them right now, and I’ll be ecstatic when, in two weeks, I don’t have to worry about them anymore.
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Doing OK. Under a lot of pressure to finish a couple of publications that go out the door today. Looking forward to a weekend of oil painting.
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Sounds like a Friday to me
Hope you got everything done so you can relax.
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Just sitting here enjoying the crisp breeze coming through all the windows God left open.
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That’s so he can sneak in while you’re asleep to convince you to kill Isaac.
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Other than having some lasting effects from my flu shot earlier today, I’m rather well, thank you. I’m working a lot and I love my job these days. I’m looking forward to some time off around Turkey Day.
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It sounds like things are going well. I’m giving you a thumbs down for splintering with the rest of the group and having a nice time.
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Oh Chris,
…there, there…I could bore you with autoimmune issues and the stress of changing careers on the way to my mid-life crisis, but alas a “thumbs down” just warms my heart knowing that the cynic in me is alive and well.
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I’m spent. I had a very busy week followed by a very quiet week, and I spent the evenings watching as much West Wing episodes as I could. Didn’t take me very long to get through the series, although, to be honest, I forwarded the parts that had Mandy in them and I skipped most of season 5.
Sigh. I miss The West Wing.
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I’ve never seen an episode. Maybe it’s time to give it a looksie.
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Yes, you should. It is awesome.
Also, is there someone on your site these days who just randomly dislikes posts? Everything suddenly went to -1.
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I may have pissed a person off once or twice….
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JFL which stands for Just ____ing lovely!
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Forgiving? Funloving? FUCKING?
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Fridaying.
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or fairly
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I am feeling oddly reflective. It was a strange week for me. I worked long days all week and spent a lot of time in the morgue. I had to be a dispassionate witness to some terrible things done to children; it is something that I am accustomed to but still occasionally struck by. I come away from it both saddened and yet grateful for the years that I have managed to live and hopefully have left to live. I think I will take a little more sweetness from a night in a warm pub with friends tonight and a lazy afternoon with coffee, a fire in the fireplace and Hitchen’s latest on Sunday. Thanks for asking!
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I guess that’s probably how most of us would react in that position. We’d have to. Focusing in on the details could drive a person insane if not.
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I have a passel of indigent clients whose lives are a parade of woe and addiction and misery and violence. I represent them against a zealous prosecutor’s office, in front of conservative “God ‘n Guns ‘n Country” judges, and trust their fates to jurors who couldn’t find empathy in a big-print dictionary. On top of all this, my best friend of 20 years was just diagnosed with a brain tumor.
So, yeah, I was feeling a little blue today. But then I read all this stuff that you pathetic bastards posted, and I now I’m feeling like a million smackers.
I kid. Life smells of crap sometimes. But I love coming to places like Chris’ blog for a sense of community. So buck up, people. I’m depending on you.
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I’m so sorry to hear about your friend. When a health issue like that comes up, it makes you realize that most of the problems we feel that we have are just completely made up bullshit to pass a boring day.
I hope that it’s not an inoperable tumor.
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Tired. Was out past 1 am last night, first City block party and then neighborhood bar. The Mexican food at lunch did not help my cause.
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Incredulous’s comment above you is about a friend who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Your Mexican food is invalid!
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Sorry Incredulous, in my defense – the Mexican food tasted valid.
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So nice of someone to ask, I am 33 weeks pregnant and miserable. It feels like my vag is about fall out, and my five year old was nice enough to bring the stomach flu home and infect everyone. It is -22c and we have gotten about 18cm of snow in the last 24 hours. Aside from that my spouse and myself are gainfully employed and have no problem pay our bills so I guess I am doing DAMN GOOD!!
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I first read this as 33 months pregnant….. And was impressed and horrified.
Still could happen you know
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Yes it would be possible if my last name was Duggar!
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I’m alright. I’m a student nearing the end of my education and today has been a pretty positive one grade-wise.
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I won’t mention the job market.
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Okay, so it’s now nearing the end of the day on what was supposed to be my last day here, and I still haven’t heard from my boss. He actually seems to have disappeared from his office, so I’m just going to go ahead and assume that I still have a job and that my recruiter at the temp agency was mistaken. It wouldn’t be the first time she was mistaken like that, but it also wouldn’t be the first time my boss fails to tell me something until the last minute.
Still, if I don’t have to get up Monday morning, I’d like to know.
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Did you tell your boss you had a competing offer at Cynical Enterprises LLC Corp.?
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I have an ear ache and my throat hurts. And I have a fuck-ton (as opposed to a shit load) of projects to do this weekend in anticipation of our daughter returning home (for the holidays) from her semester abroad to china. I havent seen her since May. I miss her and want the house to be perfect when she returns. at this point it seems very ambitious. maybe if I start feeling better? but really, all i want to do is have a nice glass of wine and a very long nap…….
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Carolyn, your daughter won’t care if the house isn’t perfect. She’ll be too busy enjoying being back home. Hope you have a wonderful week!
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I too have been fighting exhaustion all this year. Getting old. Needing to learn new stuff (read: same old stuff in different syntax). Friends dropping off–one has multiple myeloma, the other glioblastoma. Mom passed last year and I’m struggling with her estate.
Sometimes just loading the dishwasher seemed like an insurmountable task.
Finally, _finally_ after all these months beginning to feel as if I have some renewed energy.
So hang in there. It may take a while. And good luck.
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My condolences.
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Thanks. Appreciated.
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Happy I have a good job. Happy I’m in love. Happy I just began a 10-day vacation. Sad about not seeing my parents this Thanksgiving. Sad about getting old and this tinnitus that keeps getting louder and LOUDER.
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I’M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!
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I had the “somebody shoot the phone!” level of tinnitus. It abated after I religiously avoided caffeine for a solid month. Worked for me, _may_ work for you. Good luck.
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Has it abated because you’re sleeping all the time? Maybe no caffeine is why you’re exhausted? The choices we have to make!! I already quit tobacco. Maybe lack of nicotine causes tinnitus?
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Mark, I hate to rain on your parade, but the next step after tinnitus is hearing loss–and the tinnitus continues, you just can’t hear it as well. But good luck!
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Doing well. Cranking out work on two papers and eating donuts!
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You had me at donuts.
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i am sick, but i dragged myself out of the house this morning to go see my professor during his office hours. i paid to park on campus, hiked to his office, and he wasn’t there.
and i’m still sick and i have no sudafed and i have to drive three and a half hours tomorrow to go to my friends’ wedding.
but at least i’m wearing cute shoes to the wedding!
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LOL @ the last sentence.
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Tired. No matter how much energy I put into my life, my job, my relationships, life feels pretty much like a black hole right now.
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Exactly!
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Well, the building next to mine is getting construction done, so my windowless cave of an office has stunk of sewage for a month. My dream engineering job is a bit of a nightmare since 90% of what I now do is horrible paperwork and seemingly endless meetings. I have to pretend to have a sunshine personality at work, and I’m actually a horrendous bitch, so this is really wearing on me. My bosses all disagree with each other, and rather than working out their vision together, it’s up to me to somehow satisfy all of them. My condo is a mess; and because of the super thin walls, I’ve been up for all the midnight and 3 am feedings with my neighbors’ infant. I’ve been dating the same dude for 7 years, and i don’t know if i love him or hate him, and he feels the same way- sometimes, he’s all “we should get married” and sometimes he’s all “I’m glad we have separate houses.” All of my stupid friends are getting married, and if I have to go dress shopping/buy one more stupid bridesmaid dress, I sweartogod I’m going to start shooting. And, just in time for me to host my first Thanksgiving, my jackass sisters are winding up the drama factory. My parents are in the process of retiring far away, and while I enjoy that they are a few hours away now, when they move, I will be at least a 12 hour drive from my nearest relative, and I’m panicking.
Thanks for asking, Chris. It feels good to dump all that out, I haven’t had a good bitch for a while. I hope your exhaustion goes away, soon. I know that this time of year can be hard on those of us in shitty climates (Boston for you, Milwaukee for me). Isn’t it about time for me to see a post about an imminent trip to Vegas?
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Vegas is on hold for a bit. We usually go in February when New England is at its dreariest. Not sure if we’ll go this year or not yet. We’re last minute planners.
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I’ve been labouring under the misapprehension that you lived in Las Vegas, Chris.
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Better than the person with a case of the serious dislikes on this page.
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That’s just my Cynistalker. Pay no mind.
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It’s my birthday today, and I’m making dinner for my closest friends, as they are so helpful (I’m making the meal because it’s my favorite). Sure, a little tired but I’m doing just fine thank you!
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Tired. Working 4x as much to make the same amount of money that I did two years ago.
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On the bright side, heading to Taos for the weekend!
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Feeling rubbish, actually. On my third week of withdrawal symptoms after deciding to quit my Venlafaxine… so dizziness, brain flashes, mood swings, temper control issues… yuk.
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I am getting over helping at our annual User Konference and not yet looking forward to the holidays.
I am a lurker here. Great stuff.
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Sorry to hear you’re exhausted, Chris. I think it comes with the time of year: the gray skies, fallen leaves, and especially the end of DST.
As for me, I’ve got my brain tied into a knot trying to sift through some new programming frameworks. It’s a crazy and exciting time to be a developer. But life’s good, family’s good – no complaints. Thanks for asking!
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I’m glad the work week is finally over. It seemed like a ‘square peg in a round hole’ kind of week for me, and since the weather is crappy that also didn’t help. Today it’s sunny, so cheers to Saturday!
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I’m a psychologist by trade, and this thread has my official stamp of approval for being somewhat therapeutic. Other than saying “thanks for asking,” I only have this to say:
I’m doing pretty well. I’m getting over a nasty cold. I have next week off. We’re celebrating my wife’s 40th tonight with friends and family (at P.F. Changs… Not my choice). I have a new job with new responsibilities that actually had me in a meeting last week with the lieutenant governor of my state. It has been a difficult adjustment, but my team is now heading in the right direction. My commute sucks, but I’m getting acquainted with “books on tape”, which is new for me. Right now, I’m reading/listening to the entire Sherlock Holmes catalog during my commute. Halfway through Reamde with real old school book reading. Getting used to 2 new sister kittens and am really enjoying my year with a foreign exchange daughter from Kosovo!
That is the bare bones truth of it. That is how I am doing.
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How are you enjoying Sherlock Holmes?
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I highly recommend it; however, anything less than the David Timson audio recordings would have to be inferior. This guy is awesome!
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Chris,
you’re a kind person to take so much time to personalize your blog. Not that i needed an additional reason to check your blog each day, but you pretty well set yourself apart from other sites I visit regularly.
Hope you are doing well.
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I was about to say I’m tired, feeling my age, thinking about empty nests, death, and not enough free time.
Then I read comments from others and realize I have it pretty good. Counting my blessings: I have two rather good jobs. I don’t have to commute, get dressed, or listen to a supervisor. I have a flexible schedule (which means I work all the time) and make more money than I ever did at a “real” job. My children are growing up to be good people. I have a man I love. I have a home I love. I really have nothing to complain about.
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Just tired, mostly. Not enough time and not enough money.
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Today I went to a funeral and a birthday party. Mixed feelings.
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Tired… the darkness here in Scandinavia can be unbearable at times and my neuropathy is getting worse every year.
But atleast I have Skyrim and Uncharted 3 to keep me company.
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Now that I can actually play that song on the ol’ 6-string……I feel pretty damn good!…..Tnx!
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Also tired. I have a cold I can’t shake and the evenings are getting darker earlier in the UK which makes me want to hibernate. Nothing much happening, just work and apathy for stuff that is more exciting than work.
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busy
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though aparently not too busy to visit cynical-c and leave a comment!
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Borrowing from George Carlin- I won’t say “Fine!” but will use, per his advice, the phrase “moderately neato”. I miss him and his way with words.
Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that one of my kids was beaten, robbed, hospitalized without insurance and lost his job because, well, he was in the hospital. Flew out to bring him home to recover and rebuild his life, starting with every piece of ID that was stolen as well. Good times.
But- there are bright spots in life as well. I wanted to tell you Chris, thank you for writing awhile back about the Beatles show in Las Vegas. I had a chance to go out there last week and got to see that show. And it blew me away- it was better than anything else I’ve seen in Vegas. Any time you want to post Las Vegas information, I’m always happy to read about it.
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I’m doing ok, thanks.
My job is stretching me (in a good way) and I’m learning a lot about myself and how I lead a team, which is new to me. It was painful and stressful, but I’ve grown into it. So that’s good.
My son is handicapped (mentally and physically) and won’t have after-school daycare starting next year (he’s going to be 12, therefore officially in “high school” though he barely knows his ABCs), meaning we’ll either have to drop to one salary and cut our income in half or pay someone a ridiculous amount of money to be available to baby-sit him every weekday from 3:30 to 5, when my wife comes in. Also we must find such a person.
Also, adapting our house to put a wheelchair elevator in front is going to cost us around $24,000. So that’s not so good.
So you know… ok.
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Sorry to hear about the care situation for your son. My wife teaches at Gateway Education, a school here in Greensboro, NC, that offers educational care for children up to age 21 years with severe and profound disabilities. It’s a huge, huge help for many families in the region. There is an incredible need for many more schools like this.
Good luck with your son. He’s fortunate in that is sounds as though you’re doing all you can for him.
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Is there a way to contact other parents of children who go to school with your son and see if there is a stay at home parent willing to make a bit of extra money? Do you have a college nearby? A student majoring in special education might be available for a reasonable amount of money.
I’m sorry you are in this situation- it seems funding is cut right and left.
Don’t lose hope- there is somebody out there- I watched an SEH teen before and after school for a modest amount of money when I was at home when my kids were small.
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Thanks for the kind words, Dale and Ninabi: Indeed, the reassuring part of all that is that my son is happy.
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Incredibly busy with my volunteer job as Homeowners Assn. president. Secretary resigned from stress, treasurer is in New York to be with her mother during an experimental treatment for cancer, VP who says she’s too busy with her other organizations, one total prima donna complaining that I described her actions in the minutes, therefore making her look bad, trying to get out Annual Disclosures, babysitting two dogs of very different sizes who don’t know each other, and fixing Thanksgiving dinner for the family. But thankful for friends who do help and that I am healthy enough at 70 to do all this. Really thankful that I’ve been able to dump the perfectionism and accept myself as I am. Glad to have this great blog to visit.
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