Sunday night again...
Well I have tried to be chipper and positive in my last couple of blog entries... I want people to read and think - and not read and become depressed... But this is my blog and I need to vent...
I used to love Sundays - it's always been my lazy day - Saturdays are usually too chaotic, I get up too late from having been out too late the night before OR I slept too late b/c the week really took a lot out of me... For some parts - Sunday is also my manic/frantic day where I realize I have done nothing practical all weekend and now have mere hours before bed and work the next morning to get my chores done. It is very frustrating and nerve-wracking... I know I have ADD and I am working on it but I get so utterly frustrated sometimes b/c I have so much swimming around in my head and I just can't seem to get ANYTHING real accomplished.
But this weekend was pretty good - I fucked around a fair amount but still got shit done. I finally super-cleaned my bathroom and kitchen. I mean I cleaned, organized and sanitized every surface, mopped - hell I even washed the shower curtain and put a different one up for a change of pace. I went out both Friday and Saturday, spent time with my friends and that adorable Channel7 and still managed to get up before nine both days (ok I had help but still)... I had a nice day that involved some shopping, tanning, swimming and enjoying the company of nice people. Of course since I got home around 6ish I have been anxious...
I kicked severe anxiety a way back but it seems to be returning, usually it is most intense Sunday nights... I realize of course that however productive I have been during the weekend, my house is still not completely unpacked, I have so many projects and things to do and yes - I haven't found a new job, nor have I done what I need to do at work so I don't have to stress. Thought for the latter, the deck has been stacked against me since the day I took that job... My timesheets aren't done for the month of June, though I have a lot filled out, they still need to be finished and entered (oh and I have seen other people's sheets and they get away with MURDER - my boss of course scrutinizes my line by line -literally- and I have to be over-detailed which is why it takes so fucking long for me to do them) - all in all I get all weird on Sunday nights because I cannot bear to think about entering that office for another day let alone another week.
This is like a bad carnival ride which has gone awry and is complete with gawking carnies - I want off. I know I am supposed to be patient... "Something will come along..." or "You take this too personally just let it go..." or "You can't seem to find a job that you can stay at..." blah blah blah. I'm so sick of everything. I'm sick of feeling just ever so slightly nauseous every Sunday night. I wish I could just call in sick but that only makes things worse - Monday night then becomes like Sunday night - my work pile grows larger. Blah you have heard it all before but I need a miracle or something - anyone got one? Hell I just want a week off where nobody asks ANYTHING of me - not my job, my boss, my mother, my family, friends or anyone. I'm sick of carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. I want time to THINK, to plan my next move, to start the business that will free me from this drudgery but I can't.
Please send a winning lotto ticket - I could use one.
On a lighter note, I bought and watched Saved - poignant and yes - hysterical. Culkin's line about what teenage christian girls do at planned parenthood helped ease the stress... LOL


4 Comments:
Matt, don't stress out too much. Something better will come along!!
9:49 a.m.
Back in 2001, when I felt the same way about my job, and soon after September 11th... I just up and quit. It was the best thing I ever did. It took a while to find something new, but I didn't stress it... for the first time I just went with the flow.
11:24 a.m.
"Sunday evening I get the blues," that's a line from a song I used to listen to every sunday because for me it was true. It's not anymore for 2 reasons. I got a new job but most importantly, I realized something about myself: that I am simply not a career and work oriented person and that no matter what kind of job I had, that it would never bring me joy even f it paid a lot of money. I'm too eccentric and too artistic for the real world. I knew that as a teenager, but I had to put myself through some serious stress to relearn it as an adult. Stress was my body's way of fighting back, telling me I'm suppressing who I really am here for the sake of something I don't care about. I think you're the same way. I mean this in the best sense of the word, but you are CRAZY!! You are outlandish and aloof!!! You have no reason trying to be an uber professional. You shouldn't be. It's just not you. You need to do something with yourself that embraces your creativity, a translator, a teacher, a writer. I know that's easier said than done but even coming to that realization alone will make you happier. So, fuck work, fuck the time sheets, fuck the boss, fuck the professional world and everybody in it! You're gonna be ok, just be a little more crazy like you know you should be.
11:38 a.m.
that was really well-said... I need to work on that... there's gotta be some way to have a soul and still pay the mortgage! :)
1:04 p.m.
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