This afternoon we took the kids to a pantomime and the library, and I think that was all of my spoons for the day.
I think this is the most adorably British sentence I’ve read all week.
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Lots and lots to unpack. But in the interest of not Burying the Lede, have you read my short story, “Huffing”?
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Dehydration?
Iron deficiency?
Headache?
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Too much sleep?
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No headache and I’ve been drinking enough. I don’t show any signs of anaemia either, just shoulder pain. I guess sometimes if you start to rest your body stops holding out and demands a proper break. I’ll give it a couple more weeks before I get worried.
I don’t think so either – I’d be more lethargic, but this feels kind of like jet lag or if I’d been up all night.
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If that’s the case, maybe you have. If it persists, maybe try a sleep study?
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How’s your stress level? Sometimes sleepiness/lethargy can come from that.
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I may be stressed, I came back home after three days in the clinic and it was obvious that it had been difficult to get everything done without me there. I want to be involved and I’ve still been able to do housework, but being around people drains me really quickly at the moment. My family has noticed that I’ve been more tense since I came back, which is one reason I was sleeping more. I’m not particularly worried yet, I just hate that my wife planned the evening and I had to abandon her.
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First 24 hours that I haven’t smoked a cigarette in 10 years is complete.
Now for the fucking rest of my life.
You know what’d make me just unbelievably happy right now?
Having a cig.
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If you had to spend all your spoons in one go that seems like a very good use of them. Hope you feel better.
Congratulations!
Go for a walk. It’ll help.
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Wrong thread.
Should go here:
One day, one hour, even one minute at a time. It gets easier. 
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I’d put it in victory, but now I have nothing to look forward to after every task. I no longer have a self-administered reward for doing pretty much anything. And it’s bullcrap to say something like “a mowed lawn is its own reward.” It’s not like I use it for anything other than to stand and smoke on.
Thank you for the encouragement. I need it.
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Yeah. I know that feeling. And find something, cause that’ll help. It don’t matter what, whatever works as a self-reward. Bag of lollies, bottle of beer, Lego set, scented candle, whatever. Something you like but don’t need. Gamify the hell outta the fucker.
Yeah, that’s the sort of lie that you tell yourself to feel better. A mowed lawn is one that needs concreting and painting green, unless you want to mow the bastard again in 3 weeks.
Paying a little back. We all support each other. 
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Again, thank you.
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It was an approximate translation of Kindertheater – I guess children’s theatre would also work, but it was essentially the same as pantomime with a comedic retelling of a fairy tale. I think it’s supposed have something to do with Carnaval, which will be starting next week in Germany with the Women’s Carnival Day (Weiberfastnacht) in Cologne. Putting the Lent back in Valentine’s Day.
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Way to go, you can do it. My dad did it on a Navy ship surrounded by people smoking all the darn time. Just saying that so you know it’s possible. What helped him was chewing Sean Spicer levels of chewing gum.
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I already have a hypertrophic mandible from night grinding. Pretty sure gum would make it go supercritical. Or look like something from HydraulicPressChannel.
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It was an approximate translation of Kindertheater – I guess children’s theatre would also work, but it was essentially the same as pantomime with a comedic retelling of a fairy tale. I think it’s supposed have something to do with Carnaval, which will be starting next week in Germany with the Women’s Carnival Day (Weiberfastnacht) in Cologne. Putting the Lent back in Valentine’s Day.
Yeah. That’s less adorably British. Are you Canadian?
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I’m Irish/British, but I live in Germany. I’d like to be more involved with German culture, but TBH most of the time I’m at home and speaking English. I like the services they have for kids here though.
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