long weekend
February 21, 2008
It’s Thursday night (or really, late afternoon) and I’m sitting in my home. There’s clean laundry on the line that needs to be brought in, but it doesn’t matter. My weekend has started, and I’m in relaxation mode.
One of the benefits (actually, I think it may be the only benefit) of my slide into serious clinical depression over the last year and a half is that I’m on part-time hours until early April this year. While we miss the money, we certainly can cope (especially as it’s only a short-term thing) and the effect on my mental health is incredible. That one extra day a week off work makes a substantial difference in how I cope with the other four days where I’m getting paid to do a job which is stressful and has a manic boss as part of the package.
I’m not sure yet what I’ll do tomorrow. Sleep in? Nah, I’ll get up and do stuff. I just don’t know what yet. Then I’ll have a nanny nap in the afternoon. Perfect!
