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The After-Vacation Lull
Posted by euphonywho in Blog
The months of November through December is tough on anyone. I usually go in optimistic. ”This year I’ll be on top of it all. This year all the things I need to get done will be done early, so I can relax. This year, I can be organized, efficient, and sane.”
And then — no. One things lead to another, and I’m stressed out to the point of losing hair faster than a Rogaine side effect, things are getting pushed back, my days get later and earlier, and I spend most of my day cranky. Really, the last two months are a blur. My three-week vacation? I blinked and it was over from being so spaced in recovery mode after the previous weeks. I barely remember what happened on most days.
And now, it’s like everything has been hit with a giant reset button. The last three weeks was me sticking a paperclip into one of those annoying tiny holes, and now everything has mostly calmed down. It is kind of freaking me out after the previous amount of crazy there was. And it’s not just me. It was described to me today by a coworker that it felt like a giant hangover, and he felt both over and under caffeinated at the same time. I can agree with this. I have the foggy-brained feeling that only the morning after a fun night of aimless chat and horribly bad jokes can bring out, combined with a few left over feelings of “IMustGetThisDoneNow!AndWhatElseIsThereToDo?IHaveSoMuchEnergy,IMustBeProductive!Go!Go!Go!”, mixed with “ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz”.
So, with that, I am off to bed to prepare for the first Friday of the new year at work. It should be a good weekend, and no better way to start that than with a good Friday!
