September 19, 2007 | Filed under: Is She Still Talking?
Who? Who are these people with full-time jobs and spouses and kids who still manage to find time to blog (nearly) every day? And, perhaps more importantly, How do they do it??? Does their day magically come with 28 hours, while mine is the standard-issue 24?
Y’all, I am so tired. And so old, apparently, because it used to take me a solid few weeks to wear myself down like this, instead of a mere ten days. Most people probably wouldn’t notice my exhaustion — I have lots of little clothing/hair/make-up tricks in my arsenal to camouflage the utter lack of sleep (I have an excellent stylist, after all) — but my eyes always tell me the truth, even if no one else sees.
My eyes, they twitch. It’s nearly imperceptible in the mirror, but I can feel it happening randomly throughout the day and pretty soon I am yelling in my empty office for my eyelids to knock it the hell off. Because it’s not like you can read or write a document while your eye is busy twitching. And if you can hold a thought in your head while being interrupted with yelling like this, you’re a more fastidious worker than I.
(This post is fascinating, isn’t it? Perhaps I should go back to that model of posting once a week. Ish.)
In short: tired. Twitchy eyes. Grrr.
Other unanswerable questions of the day:
Brewers, why could you not pull off a win against the Astros? Huh? Do you enjoy being a game behind the Cubs? Who, incidentally, managed to scrape together a win tonight? Really, is this fun for you? Because it’s not much fun for me.
Self, why did you sign up for a Junior League committee that feels a lot like work, with the coordinating of teams and the writing of documents and the getting things sent up the chain for review? That was stupid. Sure, last year’s committee was wholly ineffective, but hey, at least it didn’t cause you any stress.
Everyone on my commute today, what was your deal? Morning and night, nothing but idiocy and a whole lot of braking. Do you not know what those solid white lines near the exit ramps mean? Do you need a refresher course? This behavior alone is enough to make my eye twitch. I promise, we are all better off when I drive in the left lane, so just let. me. over.
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Oh, I hate the eye twitch. That’s awful. I’ve had that before too, usually when I’m overtired and over-stressed. Probably will vanish after a good weekend’s worth of sleep (maybe a spa afternoon would be in order)? I’ll send you a picture worth a chuckle. Chocolate Crisis Center ….
Hang in there.
I don’t know how other people do it either, blogging all the time, working, raising kids.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:39 pmWell, as a worker, mommer, and blogger….I write my blogs at lunch sometimes. Also, my kids are still small and go to bed pretty early so that gives me some time,although honestly my hubby is starting to feel a little ignored (thus the lunchtime blogging!)
Also, why, why, why can’t the Red Sox hold on to the amazing lead they’ve held ALL SEASON?!!? That is a question for the ages.
September 20th, 2007 at 3:07 amI used to have an eyelid twitch when I was in grad school. I probably looked a little strange walking around pressing my eyelid all the time. But that little muscle in there would get so sore if I just it twitch away. I feel your pain.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:52 amWell I find that I’m still able to post every day, despite my busy work, husband, and kids lifestyle. Wait, I don’t have a job. Or a husband. Or kids. And I still don’t post every day. What’s my problem?
September 20th, 2007 at 7:39 amDo we have the same commute? I have been whining about traffic more than usual all this month.
And I confess to doing some lunch-hour blogging myself. I’m eating at my desk anyway, so why not? And I can’t do it while I’m driving…hey, maybe THAT’S the deal with the commute!
September 20th, 2007 at 11:41 am