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Oct. 21st, 2025 07:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Yesterday was rough on everyone. I was running on about 2 hours of sleep, and was struggling mightily all day long. I fell asleep at a stop light on the way to work, which has never happened before, and was a bit spooky.
Came home for lunch a bit later than usual in order to cover one of M's meetings. When I got home, it was 11:45, and Katie was still asleep, so we woke her up in order to give M the room for his meeting. I fed Kate some lunch and we played together for a little bit before I headed back to work.
M had another meeting at 4, so I left a little earlier than usual to be home in time for it. Kate went down for a late nap at 5, and I collapsed on the couch right after and caught what little sleep I could. M's meeting lasted until 7, and him coming out of the office woke me up. Kate was up at the same time.
I was still completely zonked, and almost felt worse since I'd only managed about 30 uninterrupted minutes of sleep on the couch, so I entered that weird mode where I knew that if I stopped moving, I would collapse. So, I just kept moving - I put away the clean dishes, I made dinner for Kate, I washed Kate's blankets in the bathtub, we played with her learning cards, we did some songs, I cleaned the cat boxes, and on and on and on.
M watched her for a bit while I took a much needed shower, then we put her to bed at around 10pm. We only had one naked time incident, but I quickly got her redressed. She was feeling very silly and was climbing all over the furniture and such, and I said, "you are such a silly monkey!" and she locked eyes with me and went "oo-oo-ah-ah!" Silly girl. XD
M is incredibly stressed about his new job, and it's all because of the friend that he's now working with, the one who recommended him for the job. At the end of every meeting they have, he spends about 30 minutes being incredibly negative about M's progress, which is insane because he's been at the job for 3 weeks. Whenever we talk it through, he realizes that his actual manager has never had anything negative to say, and has always been supportive of him. He's completely convinced he's on the verge of losing this new job, though, and all because his "friend" is being such a hater. Manager is on vacation at the moment, but I've been encouraging him to address the situation with him as soon as he gets back.
Up early today to accrue more flex time. Despite how tired I've been, I've really been enjoying driving in early. The air is cool, the streets are empty, no traffic and no active school zones to slow my down, I get to see everyone's Halloween decorations lit up in the dark, I have enough time to pick up some breakfast at the gas station, I see the stars when I walk to the car, and the sunrise as I get to downtown, the city is quiet, it's just really, really pleasant. Of course, I am also going to really enjoy being able to sleep in tomorrow morning!
Came home for lunch a bit later than usual in order to cover one of M's meetings. When I got home, it was 11:45, and Katie was still asleep, so we woke her up in order to give M the room for his meeting. I fed Kate some lunch and we played together for a little bit before I headed back to work.
M had another meeting at 4, so I left a little earlier than usual to be home in time for it. Kate went down for a late nap at 5, and I collapsed on the couch right after and caught what little sleep I could. M's meeting lasted until 7, and him coming out of the office woke me up. Kate was up at the same time.
I was still completely zonked, and almost felt worse since I'd only managed about 30 uninterrupted minutes of sleep on the couch, so I entered that weird mode where I knew that if I stopped moving, I would collapse. So, I just kept moving - I put away the clean dishes, I made dinner for Kate, I washed Kate's blankets in the bathtub, we played with her learning cards, we did some songs, I cleaned the cat boxes, and on and on and on.
M watched her for a bit while I took a much needed shower, then we put her to bed at around 10pm. We only had one naked time incident, but I quickly got her redressed. She was feeling very silly and was climbing all over the furniture and such, and I said, "you are such a silly monkey!" and she locked eyes with me and went "oo-oo-ah-ah!" Silly girl. XD
M is incredibly stressed about his new job, and it's all because of the friend that he's now working with, the one who recommended him for the job. At the end of every meeting they have, he spends about 30 minutes being incredibly negative about M's progress, which is insane because he's been at the job for 3 weeks. Whenever we talk it through, he realizes that his actual manager has never had anything negative to say, and has always been supportive of him. He's completely convinced he's on the verge of losing this new job, though, and all because his "friend" is being such a hater. Manager is on vacation at the moment, but I've been encouraging him to address the situation with him as soon as he gets back.
Up early today to accrue more flex time. Despite how tired I've been, I've really been enjoying driving in early. The air is cool, the streets are empty, no traffic and no active school zones to slow my down, I get to see everyone's Halloween decorations lit up in the dark, I have enough time to pick up some breakfast at the gas station, I see the stars when I walk to the car, and the sunrise as I get to downtown, the city is quiet, it's just really, really pleasant. Of course, I am also going to really enjoy being able to sleep in tomorrow morning!