Itchy Feet

Work totally kicked my arse today. I know I have approximately a gazillion logs atm, but you'll have to wait for me to reply tomorrow. Brain go bye-bye, sorry!

Bed now - it's late enough that I won't wake up at 5 in the morning.

Grabbed from my mate [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] in the LJ equivalent of an RT:

Coping with burn out. It's got some helpful advice.

And in other news, so want to go home. Feel horrible - head cold is attempting a hostile takeover of my bronchitis-weakened lungs, bah.

Edit: My lawyer hates me and wants me to die. He's going to dictate a letter for me to finish before I can go home. At 4:30. p.m. Im so going to cough all over him. *grumps*

Something's triggering my angry/upset reactions today and I'm still trying to work out exactly what it is and deal with it. Just as a warning if I seem snappy.

Woke from way too vivid dreams about hostages and explosives and killing someone with a screwdriver to people being dumb and a letter for my 'favourite' nutcase defendant. This does not bode well for the day.

Day two of a skull crushing headache due to sinus issues from the 'flu, although this time it's switched sides. This and the lack of pain killers in our apartment that don't knock me out is making me tetchy. And despite going to bed at 5 p.m. yesterday, being woken for dinner and then sleeping again, I'm still feeling like crap. So yeah, no poking me today - I'm liable to snap at people.

Also, my paid account expired and I'm down to six icons. Thank you, anonymous donor. It wasn't a hint, but I appreciate the gift.

I don't often do this, but I really need distracting today. Emails, comments, links to things that aren't YouTube (since I can't open that at work), things to read, memes, whatever. If I owe you an email, ping me and remind me and I'll get on that now. Stuff to get me out of my own head would be appreciated today.

Anyone got space for this little guy? He was abandoned in an apartment when the owners left, and he desperately needs a home, preferably without other cats/lots of room since he's a bit skittish. If you're unable to take him, try spreading the word?

The roomie was right with his estimate - 11:00 a.m. and the insomnia of last night caught up with me. Coffee for the win.

I don't normally have trouble getting to sleep - staying asleep, yes, since there's some nights I swear I could hear feathers landing on the floor, just about - but every so often insomnia strikes and last night was one of those. Didn't help it was already 1:45 a.m. when I got to bed, although I don't regret the time spent watching season 2 of Dead Like Me with the roomie and [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and being on the receiving end of a kitty pile at one point. But yeah, got to bed and discovered that sleep, she was eluding me. Mostly due to the low-level simmering anger I'd had all night - yay public criticism triggering buttons on an already-cranky day.

Just a general note to folks? If you want to point out something you feel I've done wrong, or could do better? Freaking well email me directly, at least at the moment. You'll get a much less neurotic response, and constructive things will be achieved, as I did with Sil yesterday, as opposed to the gigantic bundle of "OhMyGodISuck" I wound up yesterday. I'm working on the central issue, but given the number of issues I am working on atm, that one has to take a number and sit in the waiting room.

But yeah, insomnia last night. I wound up going to go sleep on the couch, since a) my computer was there and I could play music, which sometimes helps take my mind off racing thoughts, and b) sometimes a change of scene can trigger the sleepy reaction. It mostly worked, although the cats managed to wake me several times with knocking stuff over. Little bastards are working their way to being a pair of fur-lined boots, I swear. I think I've had... four hours? of sleep? Something like that. Await the crash in the afternoon, that's all I can say. At least I'm not hungover to go with it.

Good things, since I'm working on that positive reinforcement...

1) I didn't lose my temper online yesterday, and managed to tamp down a potentially list-wide blah situation;

2) People pinged me to check I was okay;

3) I practiced guitar last night, and did pretty well. Lesson tonight.

4) I look pretty today, even with the coldsores from the flu. The little swishy skirt and my red cardigan are always a good combination.

5) I got a bunch of work done yesterday, including various outstanding things from last week's absence. My decks are now almost clear - I just need to write a motion for January 28.