
Sometimes you want to write about things, other times you want to just bury your head in the sand and hope it all goes away. I sort of adopted a half and half approach to this particular funk, I didn’t want to write about it, but there was too much going on for me to walk to the beach to bury my head in the sand, so I stayed quiet and hoped it would disappear.
Sometimes I get cross and need to vent, you have no doubt experienced a few on here if you are a regular follower. Usually though when I get the funk I won’t write at all, mainly because I don’t like sympathy or comments. It’s hard to be funny all the time, and it’s hard to maintain a smile for 8 hours a day when the reality is you just want to beat someone senseless with your shoe. For explanation purposes, I picked a shoe because beating someone with your handbag is such an old lady thing to do and I am feeling old enough as it is!
I’ve been so tired, a combination of too many late nights, a more stressful job and an increased workload in the house. I find myself nodding off in the chair when I finally get to sit in it, which in turn makes me fall out with myself. I hate the idea of wasting the couple of precious hours I get to do my own things, like blogging, falling asleep in a chair.
I hadn’t had a day off for 6 weeks (excluding the weekends of course) so I booked a days leave on Friday because basically my hair looked like I had been playing with balloons and static electricity, I kid you not, it was so wild I half expected to find birds nesting in there. From the moment I stepped downstairs on Friday morning, the Mothership decided it was going to be another weekend of blowing up over stupid little things whether it be force feeding me out of date chicken before I had even had breakfast or a full on melt down over fucking wheelie bins, you name it, it irked her and I got caught in the crossfire. By 11am I was wishing I had gone to work.
When you’re already in a funk that shit doesn’t help, it’s mentally draining. By Saturday morning after at least 10 interruptions while I was trying to get some work done I was ready to jump out a window, backwards, because I did not want my body’s built in air bags to save me!
There is no escape from it. I used to love taking days off, now I dread it, but at the same time I need them.
Thing is though, it’s not just me in a funk, so many of you are feeling exactly the same way. I wonder what’s causing this general feeling oh mehness that hangs over us all like little rain clouds, is it something to do with the fact that Brussel Sprouts are out of season and we therefore have no fuel to blow the blues away?
It’s time to banish the meh, say goodbye to glum, dispense with the doldrums and get our happiness heads on. So for just 2.39 minutes crank up the volume and sing along with Little Voice, it’s time to Get Happy! :)
Sorry to hear things aren’t too great! Hope you have a nice little “happy place” to escape to :)
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It’s called here :) You lot keep me happy lol
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Yay! ^.^ I just scheduled my CCC post to go up on Fri–might do another one to go up next week considering we have 2 weeks :S
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I know I was thinking if I get time I might do more than one as well lol
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There is a huge case of Meh going around. I get you on the exhaustion and frustration, for sure.
I say we all run away to a beach, then we can bury our heads in the sand someplace relaxing.
((hugs))
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That would be awesome, one big mad blog party, I’m guessing though everyone would be lying around in various states of sleep lol
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Slumber party? :-)
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Sounds like a plan, they we can have our own version of the breakfast club the next morning lol
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I can entirely understand the day off work thing. I try very hard anymore not to let Mom and Josh know when I schedule a day off because if they know about it, they’ll line up all manner of things that I have to do for them. And really, when we take a day off, we do it to escape.
My “meh” right now is coming from the time of year at work – August is our single busiest month of the entire calendar year. And it’s exhausting. I need a break, but I really won’t get one until the second week of September, and by then, my tech comm class will have started.
Can.Not.Win.
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I think work is part of my problem too, it’s just constant and I always feel on edge because I am learning. Roll on the second week in September, we’ll try and fit a party in there somewhere before classes!
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I don’t know what it is, but I sure wish it would go away! I’m tired of being tired and tired of having to work so hard without any ME time. Am thinking I need to just schedule it in and to heck with the rest of the world!
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That’s a good idea you know. If I ever win the lottery and get myself straight I am going to take me to a hotel once a month to escape and unwind lol
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Oh, I so hear you! This is my happy place too, and yet, sometimes I want to have the interaction without actually doing anything. I have to actually type comments and posts? Geez! ;-)
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I know right. When you’re in the middle of the funk it’s like being shoved headlong into a marshmallow, you want to get on but it sucks yours motivation lol
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Exactly. If I could find 10% of the motivation I have at other times, it would be a huge improvement. But now every time I’m feeling this way, I’m going to be thinking of your image of the marshmallow ;-)
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” It’s hard to be funny all the time, and it’s hard to maintain a smile for 8 hours a day when the reality is you just want to beat someone senseless with your shoe.”
I laughed at this :D You’re still funny! And it’s a feeling I can relate to.
Sorry to hear you feel this way though :/ I wouldn’t know what you can do about it… I wish I could help! Maybe some virtual hugs?
*virtual hugs*
Let me know if it works ;)
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They worked!! The virtual hugs made me smile and there is not much better than that :)
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Yay! :D I’m glad I could do something to make you smile! If you ever need more, just tell me ;)
(And you know what? I make the best virtual pie you will ever know – so if you want a piece…)
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Ooo, what flavour, sweet or savoury?
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I can make both!
(Virtually, that is ;) )
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Sounds like a plan, you young lady are a woman of many talents!
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Urgh. I’m actually pretty okay, for me. I get the dumps in the spring (I know, for a plant person that makes little sense). I kinda like autumn – but I am already grieving for my sunshine and warmth.
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If I spend to long thinking about Winter coming in that might just be the end of me lol I think it’s more likely a woman getting older and having fucked up hormones kinda thing lol
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I had a 27 year old ask me if I was getting the menopause today.
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Was that before or after you ripped them a new set? I think I am :(
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I’m 43. But you know what? Bring that shit ON. Which is pretty much what I said to yer man.
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I’m 43 too and noooooooooo I want it to back the fuck off lol
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I don’t. Who the hell wants a period?!? Well, I’ve got the coil in, and it might be about time to get a new one so maybe that’s it. But I sure get hot flashes.
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lol Ok fair point, those I can live without, it’s the crying at adverts, films, tv, heck pretty much anything that I can’t handle. If I’m not crying I wanted to kick things lol
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I kick things already. Really, it makes you cry? That would piss me off. Enough to kick more things.
I don’t really know what it is like, my mom had a hysterectomy when I was 3 or so.
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My Mum went through it too, after her hysterectomy and bod were the moods bad. I’m thinking that might have been a big part of my meh last week.
The crying is fecking awful, but it does help, it’s lke a release valve lol
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I don’t have a mom to ask anymore :(
She was always cheerful as hell, at least in front of us kids. I know a blogger who has compiled a book – Letters to my Little Sister – all about ‘the change’. Because of people like me who have NO IDEA and no close family to ask!
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That does suck. I think it affects everyone in different ways though. Some people seem to breeze through it and others have a hell of a time. I guess we just have to wait and see. Will you still love me as a friend when I am old and cranky and crabbit….actually wait, I’m all of those now lol
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Me too! X
I worry if I cry – I had a baaaad spell of depression and I couldn’t stop. Ended up in hospital and worse. So yeah, crying isn’t good for me. I joke now about it, but daaamn.
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You have to remember though that where I am concerned I see the worst case scenario in everything. It pisses everyone I know off, but they don’t look at it from my point of view. Last time I was happy I fell and fecked up my knee so the way my brain sees it I am better looking for the worst. Couple that with the Mothership with dementia and the mental stress and worry it entails and then new job and I’m kinda like a kettle. When I reach the boil I cry and then cool down lol
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Oh, I’m totally a negative-Nelly as my mom would say. Better off expecting the worst and being pleasantly surprised. That said – when some unexpected heavy shit comes down? I’m a disaster, too. I’m proud of you for dealing so well with what the Mothership is going through.
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I wouldn’t say I deal well with it, some days it’s really hard and I want to run and hide, It’s hard enough dealing with your own shit without taking it from someone else too. But hey ho, that’s life!
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And we can’t deny it :) Many times I’ve thought of quitting, baby, but my heart wouldn’t buy it!
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Sing it Sister! lol
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Just like David Lee Roth, ohhhh yeah :)
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You’re dancing about head banging arn’t ya lol
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Hubby’s doing his live radio show, and it’s almost done – he always goes RAWK at the end!
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But I really should be making the dinner or doing dishes instead of drinking rum and coke and sitting outside in the dark, chatting on the internets!
Ah, I like my priorities the way there are. I’ll go in when I need to wee, or a new drink. Or both!
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As in radio radio? or internet radio?
I’m kinda worried what’s gonna happen if you get lazy and need a wee and a drink :s lol
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Internet radio, but done live!
I took care of both and the dinner check in that wee <see what I did there? break! Hahahha
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lol You’re en eejit, but it makes you very adorable :)
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Eejits of a kind!
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I likes that!
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We so need to hang out some time. I promise if I’m ever up that way, I’ll be pestering you!
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I’m cool with that, OR we meet half way lol How far is Dublin from you?
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About 2.5 hours. I haven’t been in years, can’t afford a glass of water there!
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If you were to come North, what’s your closest place or is there just none? lol
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Have a friend in Donegal, well a few friends actually. And once was offered use of a rental caravan near to the Causeway. We are just some broke-ass-mofos and go nowhere.
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I know that feeling, I never have any spare cash to go anywhere. We’ll make something happen, I think it would be good fun :)
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Letterkenny that is to be more specific :)
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Hmm how far are you from Derry?
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Pretty much the same as to Dublin, but on worse roads! I got my Siamese in Derry :)
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You’re like in the middle of nowhere ffs, it would be a 3 day camel trek for a cuppa lol
We’ll have to give this some considering, but in the meantime I need to shower cos I feckin stink. We might need to also look at alternative methods of messaging lol You got bakebook?
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Yeppers! I might struggle to find your email to send you my reals name n such, if you beat me to it that’s grand :)
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I’m slowly starting to crawl out of my funk. Starting to sleep better at night, which is what is helping me the most I think. I know what you mean, sometimes you just need a day off from everything. :)
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You really do, turn off the phones and even your ears if necessary, kick back and relax. That would be awesome lol
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Look to the stars Juls — and you will find your answers. I shit you not.
In the meantime, from someone facing her own case of “mehs to I’m a raving fecking lunatic carrying an axe (screw the shoes) – I get it. I send you a hug or 3 (((((Juls)))) – and yeah, get out to the beach, kick off your shoes, and just walk it for awhile – tune in to the sea, and let your mind drift. As for the sprouts – they should be coming up right soon – and then you can blow to your heart’s content ;)
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Sprouts and hugs all in one comment, this has got to be the best day ever :)
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WE aim to keep you happy and light! :)
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You do :)
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Out of date chicken! 😂💖
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I remember that morning well, she was advancing towards me at an alarming rate, brandishing this bit of chicken *shudders* lol
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