Good morning, folks. Is it good? Is it good because it’s Friday, and it’s the last day of my – and possibly your – work week? Will it be a good day in general? Will I have a shift that doesn’t suck so badly that I feel like curling up in a ball in the closet, drinking vodka straight out of the the bottle?
Yesterday morning, I pushed myself through a workout. I didn’t want to do it, my sleep wasn’t great for the second night in a row and I was exhausted. In fact, I stood at the bottom of the stairs, said “you know what, fuck it”, and turned around to go back to the couch. However, I knew I’d regret it if I skipped the workout, so I went upstairs. The workout wasn’t long, only 25 minutes, but it was good enough to leave me pretty stiff and sore this morning.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t one of those energizing workouts. About 30 minutes before I would normally leave, I told Shawshank I was setting the alarm and taking a 25 minute nap. I literally couldn’t fight it anymore. Sadly, I don’t think it helped too much. I said something about to StressedRPh at one point during the shift.
“Well, it’s been a stressful week”, she said.
Yesterday’s shift was no different than any other shift this week. Whatever progress that had been made on Wednesday night was undone. When we closed at 7 pm, there were still 35 scripts to be filled. I stuck around for an extra hour to finish counting everything. If DayTech can come in two hours early, I can stay an hour late. By the time I arrived at home, fed the cats, and make my dinner, I was back to square one again, just tired.
Matryoshka is in for the first half of today. She likes to follow proper workflow procedure, so there’s a good chance things will run smoothly and I might not walk into chaos. StressedRPh works the second half of the day. I expect it will be another exhausting shift to end the week.
This morning, I haven’t decided if I’ll do a workout. I didn’t have a bad sleep, but it wasn’t restful, and I’m sore from pushing myself so hard yesterday. One on hand, rest days aren’t a bad thing. On the other hand, it’s part of my routine, and the routine keeps me from going crazy. I’ll feel like I’ve slacked if I skip the workout, and probably feel worse in the long run. And if the shift sucks half as badly as I expect it to, that little slice of routine could be the only part of the day that doesn’t suck.
Unless I find something bad for dinner. That could be pretty awesome.
And if the poi show up today instead of tomorrow? Even better.
