life and how much it sucks, yet again
Jun. 11th, 2009 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floatingleafOkay, this is just plain WEIRD. I've been complaining about my annoyingly regular periods of late - but I certainly didn't wish for them to start happening MORE often than they already did, thank you very much. Regular would be perfectly fine, as long as it fell on the weekend (which it didn't, of course). But now the cycle seems to be shortening at an alarming rate. Several months ago it started shifting back a day - like, for example, once it would fall on a Wednesday, the next month on a preceding Tuesday, then on a Monday... I had hoped it would settle on the weekend for a few months at least, but no. Sunday it was, then Saturday... so this month I sort of expected a Friday. But guess what? It hit on Thursday, bright and early in the morning. That's far less than 28 days - more like 25. Are you trying to tell me something, Mother Nature?... I am NOT happy about this, you know. I want the whole damn circus to stop already, once and for all. *scowls*
On the other hand, I don't seem to be in much pain - except for the stupefying morning headache, which has considerably eased up by now. Oh, and the weird muscle soreness that sort of wanders around my upper back. I suppose this is totally unrelated to the female condition - it just happened to coincide with it. I think it's also unrelated to the neck & shoulder stretches I do every day, because those never make me so sore, and my neck feels fine after last weekend's acupuncture. The pain is located lower, somewhere to the right of my spine. I'm not good at anatomy and can't figure out the name of that particular muscle - but it hurts to turn my head to the right, and I couldn't lie on my left side this morning like I usually do, because whenever I tried to raise my head and shift a little, the pain kept shooting up my neck. It's a little better now, but in the morning I was a ball of misery, for more than one reason. I called in sick, of course. But now I'm wondering if perhaps I shouldn't have done that, because for all I know, I might be worse tomorrow. I mean, maybe the gut pain simply hasn't started yet? But then again, I seem to recall that last month I only took painkillers once - more out of habit than real need, I suppose. It's not the cramps that have been the worst part of it lately - it's more the weakness and dizziness and headache and just general feeling of BLARGH I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE WORLD RIGHT NOW OKAY??? That usually lasts about a day, and if I'm lucky, I can sleep through it. But today I don't even feel like lying down anymore. I sure am grumpy as all hell, and wouldn't want to be at work - but I'm not quite as miserable as expected, and that makes me somehow suspicious. *bites nails*
In other news, work is crazy, and will probably remain so for the forseeable future. As I just found out, starting next week I am going to be involved in some brand new 'exciting' project that will take up most of my time, while the regular work piling up on my desk will still somehow mysteriously have to get done. Joy joy joy. *scratches head in consternation* Plus, next week is going to suck anyway, because they are taking down the system again on Friday afternoon, and therefore everyone has to complete their 40 hours by 3 p.m. Which means, for me, having to start earlier than usual at least once, as well as stay till 6 p.m. each day of the week. And before you say, 'oh, but you're getting out early on Friday, to enjoy a slightly longer weekend', just keep in mind that on Saturday the system is supposed to be back on, and we'll all be there doing overtime (except for those who somehow manage to do it during the week, by virtue of getting up at the crack of dawn AND staying late - NOT a viable option for me, thank you very much). So yeah... fun times ahead.:/
I will stop now, before I find something else to complain about.;)
On the other hand, I don't seem to be in much pain - except for the stupefying morning headache, which has considerably eased up by now. Oh, and the weird muscle soreness that sort of wanders around my upper back. I suppose this is totally unrelated to the female condition - it just happened to coincide with it. I think it's also unrelated to the neck & shoulder stretches I do every day, because those never make me so sore, and my neck feels fine after last weekend's acupuncture. The pain is located lower, somewhere to the right of my spine. I'm not good at anatomy and can't figure out the name of that particular muscle - but it hurts to turn my head to the right, and I couldn't lie on my left side this morning like I usually do, because whenever I tried to raise my head and shift a little, the pain kept shooting up my neck. It's a little better now, but in the morning I was a ball of misery, for more than one reason. I called in sick, of course. But now I'm wondering if perhaps I shouldn't have done that, because for all I know, I might be worse tomorrow. I mean, maybe the gut pain simply hasn't started yet? But then again, I seem to recall that last month I only took painkillers once - more out of habit than real need, I suppose. It's not the cramps that have been the worst part of it lately - it's more the weakness and dizziness and headache and just general feeling of BLARGH I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE WORLD RIGHT NOW OKAY??? That usually lasts about a day, and if I'm lucky, I can sleep through it. But today I don't even feel like lying down anymore. I sure am grumpy as all hell, and wouldn't want to be at work - but I'm not quite as miserable as expected, and that makes me somehow suspicious. *bites nails*
In other news, work is crazy, and will probably remain so for the forseeable future. As I just found out, starting next week I am going to be involved in some brand new 'exciting' project that will take up most of my time, while the regular work piling up on my desk will still somehow mysteriously have to get done. Joy joy joy. *scratches head in consternation* Plus, next week is going to suck anyway, because they are taking down the system again on Friday afternoon, and therefore everyone has to complete their 40 hours by 3 p.m. Which means, for me, having to start earlier than usual at least once, as well as stay till 6 p.m. each day of the week. And before you say, 'oh, but you're getting out early on Friday, to enjoy a slightly longer weekend', just keep in mind that on Saturday the system is supposed to be back on, and we'll all be there doing overtime (except for those who somehow manage to do it during the week, by virtue of getting up at the crack of dawn AND staying late - NOT a viable option for me, thank you very much). So yeah... fun times ahead.:/
I will stop now, before I find something else to complain about.;)
