Posted by noa on November 13, 2003, at 4:20:32
In reply to Noa, welcome to Lumptonia..., posted by shar on November 12, 2003, at 22:08:37
Thanks, Shar and Nikki.
I was better once my work day started up on Monday. Anxious about keeping up with everything, of course, but my mood was better. I think I just needed the total retreat/lumptonia/slothfest and to shut out the world for a couple of days.
I even went shopping after work on Tuesday--on an impulse, sort of. I was running an errand near the mall, and remembered that one of the stores has a sale on, so I stopped in to look. It was disappointing because there was nothing interesting--I think that's because it was already a week into the sale and nothing interesting was left. But I went to another store--the kind that always has a sale on with coupons on top of the sales price and on top of extra discounts, etc. (you don't even need to bring your own coupons--other customers always have extra and give them, or the salesperson has extra behind the desk)--and bought a bunch of stuff at ridiculously low prices. The prices are so low on some items at this store it is almost like they should just save everyone the time of waiting in line, and save the employee's time in swiping the coupons and checking the prices for all the things whose tags are missing or incorrect, etc. etc., and just put up a sign on the clothes that reads, "TAKE ME!"All this to describe that my energy was back. Although, I was tired after my shopping work-out.
Not that long ago, I was in slumptonia all the time, for a few years. I don't know how I managed to keep my job during that time. I am like 800% more productive now than I was then.
But I still have occasional weekends when it's hard to get myself up and out and moving. Usually, I do manage a little bit of getting out at the least, and in recent months, I've been a little more active. But last weekend, I just needed to dissociate in my own little cave. I just need to get my cave into shape so it can be a more inviting and comfortable cave to retreat to! When I'm in it now, I have to dissociate somewhat to ignore the incredible mess, and I don't have much in the way of comfortable seating, etc. because I need to go get furniture, which I began working on but got overwhelmed with all of the decisions and took a bit of a hiatus from furniture shopping (I get a little obsessive, it's true, but that is not a terrible thing to do when making a major purchase--at least I'm not an impulsive major purchaser). I'll get back to it soon, I hope.
Thanks for the support.
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