Fatigue, Pseudo-Appointments, and Other Notes from This Week

I seem to have a severe case of residual fatigue now that finals are done.  For the past few days I have been completely wiped out and ready to fall asleep by 4 in the afternoon.  I need to get over this, because I have a 12 hour drive to make on Sunday and tons of stuff to do to prepare for the trip.  I'm a little worried, because I've been low on physical energy as well as mental, in spite of mostly sticking to the meal plan.  Usually I am an exercise machine, even during times of minimal food intake and/or sleep deprivation, but this week is the first time in memory I have really felt sluggish and have just not wanted to do much.  I'm not used to having to convince myself to work out.  Of course, this frustrates me and makes me push harder than ever as punishment, which makes me tireder, which makes me madder, which makes me push harder....wash, rinse, repeat, you get the idea.

I do actually have a list of coherently themed/topical posts planned, believe it or not, I have just lacked energy and motivation to do them, I hope to get on the ball with that SOON.  Until then, random snapshots of life this week:

-G. got to go to my appt with H. today!  No real reason.  I mention him fairly frequently, and last week I made an offhanded comment about how it would be nice if H. could meet him sometime, and she immediately suggested that he just tag along sometime.  She is a big Dog Person, and she loved him.  She used to have a dog in her office all the time, apparently, but he died and she hasn't started the habit with any of her other dogs. During the session G. would get very anxious whenever I started to get uncomfortable or frustrated.  He is like my own furry emotional barometer.

-I have a tooth that is bothering me, so last week I called to make an appointment for this Wednesday.  I got up at 5:30 to get stuff done before the appt, made sure to get there on time, had planned soft-food menus for the day just in case I was going to be sore...and I got there and they had no record of my appointment, or the two reminders I insisted they had given me via phone the previous day.  After some wrangling it became clear what had happened: apparently I was a complete fuzz-brain and didn't realize I had not updated the contact number in my phone since I switched dentists earlier this year.  I'm still not sure how I managed that, because I've been seeing the new guy for 8 months and have called the office at least a dozen time.  Nevertheless, apparently I had called the wrong number and inadvertently made the appt with the WRONG dentist, so not only did I not have an appt with the new one, but I was a no-show at the old one, which will cost me a $25 fee.  And now my tooth will be hurting until January 6, the earliest time the new guy could fit me in.  I was pissed, but the whole thing was my fault.

-I totally have a crush on my maintenance guy.

-It's almost Christmas!  The holidays always sneak up on me, because I am always wrapped up in finals, etc, for most of December.  Up until a couple years ago I dreaded holidays, but now that I only see my family once or twice a year I appreciate them much more.  Maybe it's a control thing: when I lived at home I had no choice but to participate in all the traditions and celebrations, but now that I'm on my own and doing it of my own volition it seems much different.

-It has been in the 70's here all week!  I heart this place, I will definitely miss the "winters" when I move next year.

That's all for now, I promise I will have some less random/trivial material very soon.