Thursday, September 3, 2009
sleep
I just woke up from my nap and am about to head in to my shift when I was laying there in bed and realized "Hmmm...I honestly cannot remember the last time that I woke up, from a nap or sleep, when I truly felt rested and ready to get up." There is always some reason why I have to get up so I do, but even Wednesday when I got up with Mark in the morning and then went back to bed until 2pm I still felt tired when I woke up, I just also felt like a loser sleeping 12+ hours. I wonder when I will be in the groove again and able to feel rested after sleeping...I am trying to do these new yoga/pylometrics workouts to tone up muscles running doesn't help, and maybe if I do them before bed I will feel rested, but I am afraid it will get my adrenalin up and prevent me from resting well...we will see I guess.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
shear exhaustion
I miss being able to write about work...my internship is really great with lots of great stories. But all I will write here is that I have never been so exhausted in my life. The hours are long and hence I sleep most of my days off. I know I have always been a busy body trying to fill up my days off with events and even cram in things to do on working days, but that has changed this year. I am seriously looking forward to my next 3 days weekend (in October) when I might go out to dinner with friends once but otherwise will probably relax...I seem to spend only one out of every 2-3 days off (which is rare that I get that many days off in a row lately) actually doing something other then relaxing. I think Mark likes the change though.
Speaking of Mark, he was a sweetheart and took a week off on vacation the other week when I had 3.5 days off, and we went to D.C. for two of them. I found a good hotel only 4 blocks from the mall and the white house for $150. We had a great time, and for once I didn't over do it. The only thing I said we had to do that I wanted to was the zoo. Otherwise we just walked the Mall, took pictures, went to the american history museum for Mark, and found a GREAT mexican restaurant for dinner. Actually, on the first night my friend Katie from vet school called...she is currently in an internship just outside of DC. We were able to drive to virginia where she as staying in less then 15 minutes a grab a couple of drinks with her and catch up. Katie is such an amazing person and I miss her dearly. So in 2 days we did what I would normally have done in 1, so it was a slower pace then usual and I needed that.
Then these last 3 days I had off (although one doesn't count since I had just finished an overnight shift and spent most of that day sleeping) have been spent in Boston. I drove up yesterday. Mark's friends Josh and Kaitlin came over and I made dinner for all: thyme-lemon gnocchi and a strawberry salad. It was delicious dinner and SUCH a relaxing evening. We split a bottle of wine, played some cards, and called it a night at 10pm. It made me quite sad though cause it made me realize how much I miss Boston and how happy I will be next summer when I can come back and spend more nights like that with friends.
Well, Mark and I can have dinner together again tonight but then I have to head back to Connecticut tomorrow for another weekend of overnights...I seem to randomly get all the overnights on holiday weekends which means it will be super busy, but that can be better since it helps me stay awake.
Speaking of Mark, he was a sweetheart and took a week off on vacation the other week when I had 3.5 days off, and we went to D.C. for two of them. I found a good hotel only 4 blocks from the mall and the white house for $150. We had a great time, and for once I didn't over do it. The only thing I said we had to do that I wanted to was the zoo. Otherwise we just walked the Mall, took pictures, went to the american history museum for Mark, and found a GREAT mexican restaurant for dinner. Actually, on the first night my friend Katie from vet school called...she is currently in an internship just outside of DC. We were able to drive to virginia where she as staying in less then 15 minutes a grab a couple of drinks with her and catch up. Katie is such an amazing person and I miss her dearly. So in 2 days we did what I would normally have done in 1, so it was a slower pace then usual and I needed that.
Then these last 3 days I had off (although one doesn't count since I had just finished an overnight shift and spent most of that day sleeping) have been spent in Boston. I drove up yesterday. Mark's friends Josh and Kaitlin came over and I made dinner for all: thyme-lemon gnocchi and a strawberry salad. It was delicious dinner and SUCH a relaxing evening. We split a bottle of wine, played some cards, and called it a night at 10pm. It made me quite sad though cause it made me realize how much I miss Boston and how happy I will be next summer when I can come back and spend more nights like that with friends.
Well, Mark and I can have dinner together again tonight but then I have to head back to Connecticut tomorrow for another weekend of overnights...I seem to randomly get all the overnights on holiday weekends which means it will be super busy, but that can be better since it helps me stay awake.
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