gwynhefar | (no subject) (Reply)

So last Thursday I woke up feeling totally run down and exhausted despite getting a decent amount of sleep. I'd been feeling burned out for awhile, as October had been a very busy month for me and I had taken a lot of extra weekend shifts for people. So I decided to take a sick day. Apparently, this made my body go "Ooh! You mean I can *rest* now?!" and after spending most of Thursday resting I did not feel better on Friday. In fact, I got about 3 hours sleep Thursday night and woke up Friday with a migraine. So I called in sick again on Friday. Earlier in the week I'd gotten someone to cover my Sunday night shift, which meant I basically had a four day break.

Oh. my. gods. I should have done that *ages* ago. I don't remember the last time I felt as good as I do today. I showed up to work ready to buckle down and accomplish things, and I've already checked a number of things off my to-do list and I still have half the work day left. It's *brilliant*. I don't feel like I'm spending half my energy just keeping myself awake and upright.

Apparently I really *really* needed the break. Stress can creep up on you so slowly you don't realise how bad it's gotten until it gets better!