From yesterday at work:
he's not the first one come and goneAll of my friends and family know (or should know by now) that winter is my favorite season. Though there are many reasons behind me favoring winter, one reason has really come into the spotlight this year.
I love the trees in winter, their branches stripped bare and exposed to the sky. Only in the winter do we get to see the core structure of trees. Some are craggy, others smooth. Some have branches that grow up, instead of out like others. Some have clumps of minuscule branches where leaves normally are, some branch out, graceful yet sudden, until your eye reaches the tip of the branch. A living being that can grow to be so old - and yet every winter stands cold and naked for anyone who cares to see.
The bare branches of winter give me a feeling of cold loneliness, of being stripped to the core with nothing that can be hidden. And that feeling is reassuring to me, because it is simple.
0910 hrs:Skipped lap swim last night. I still have the headache that started so many days ago. It seems like a sinus headache, but nothing I take for it seems to keep it at bay for long. I think what I really need to do is to have a day where all I do is sleep and laze around.
1005 hrs:
Was catching up on Penny Arcade while waiting for the programs I work in to move slowly, so slowly toward completion of the days work. When I fangirl it looks a lot like
this.
I laughed so hard at this. I just...*wipes tear from eye while still laughing* ...it's too accurate a picture of me. *contented sigh* It feels so good to laugh some days...
1557 hrs:Today ended up being a really good day. I wonder if it being Friday had anything to do with it? Or maybe ... *raises eyebrows and
ETA: Didn't get to finish that thought because a cow-orker needed to follow me through some side streets to get to a less congested part of a busy street, so broke off there.
Today I am feeling a bit better. Went to bed slightly after 11pm last night, but ended up in the bathroom for a good hour in the middle of the night. That is 2 times in 2 weeks that my stomach has revolted. Usually all I do afterward is go to sleep. I called in sick to drill this morning because I just knew trying to get up and go would have probably just make me more sick. It took me until 3pm today to even get out of bed. My stomach doesn't seem to be upset anymore, but I'm still feeling all icky. Maybe going to bed super early again tonight will help...
Labels: emo, link blogging, sick, work