Middle-aged Maverick

Why am I so tired?

5Ws Wednesday It’s Wednesday, so I’m asking the hard hitting questions that start with a W. Today, why am I so tired? Hard hitting question, but easy answer. I’m tired because for the past week, my body has been doing diabolical things to my nervous system. Hormones and work stress have kept my body, not…

5Ws Wednesday

It’s Wednesday, so I’m asking the hard hitting questions that start with a W. Today, why am I so tired?
Hard hitting question, but easy answer. I’m tired because for the past week, my body has been doing diabolical things to my nervous system. Hormones and work stress have kept my body, not necessarily on high alert, but on a level of emotion that was destined to not be sustainable. Today, I can feel in my soul the unsustainability of it. I’m feeling the crash. The hangover. The burn out.

The upper admin I confronted yesterday called me first thing this morning to thank me for my email yesterday and to marvel at my ability to send such an email. Reading between the lines of that comment, I know they were really saying, they couldn’t believe I had the balls to send it. You know how people talk about how they’re going to “ride the high” for days when they get a compliment or something good happens? Well, I rode the high until I got back from lunch today. Now I’m just exhausted.

The fight is over. For now. It’s time to rest and recharge for the next one.

5 responses

  1. traciesulpazo Avatar
    traciesulpazo

    I hope you are currently on your favorite part of the couch with a knitting project relaxing watching TV with the hubby.

    Reply
    1. cathymack62 Avatar
      cathymack62

      🤣 Not quite yet. Slouched in a lawn chair in the backyard with the dogs. Hubby won’t be home for another hour or so. But, I will absolutely go in and get comfy while I wait. No energy to knit, but I have a book I’d like to finish reading.

      Reply
      1. traciesulpazo Avatar
        traciesulpazo

        That works too!!!

  2. trE Avatar
    trE

    “Rest and recharge” for the next day or the next fight or both?

    Reply
    1. cathymack62 Avatar
      cathymack62

      Definitely not the next day. I fought so hard at work that they’re going out of their way to check on me and make sure I’m happy. So, probably the next fight. I think it’s a bit farther down the road though so I’m good for a while. Until I need to remind them of some things, lol!

      Reply

Leave a Reply

The author

Middle-aged Maverick is indeed middle-aged and she’s proud of it. She has a tendency to over think and over analyze many of the things she encounters in her life, as evidenced in many of her posts. She knows how to drive a stick-shift car, prefers Coke over Pepsi, and spent many of her adolescent years being obsessed with Jim Carrey.

Related posts

Discover more from Middle-aged Maverick

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading