I called in sick for a mental health day. Based on other people's Monday's, I think I made the right choice.

Health~ma and pain~ma for Drew!

Or should it be anti-pain~ma?

I am going to go out on a limb here, and say kidney stones are not good. But better than pancreas things.

I work at a school of nursing, and all morning I have been dealing with nurses who cannot follow directions. Most of the time, it is because the things that make you a good nurse do not necessarily make you a good student. I think. Or maybe they just can't use computers. Or think globally. Or read a welcome message that tells them where to park.

Good luck, Drew!

tommyrot, your post makes me think of the clinic near my office whose door says they are "First in eating disorders." First in treating them, surely??

Yeah, good call, tommyrot.

Went for a walk, which did help, but it was very hot out there already. So I guess it's a good thing I didn't stay home where there is no air conditioning. Dang, I don't think I turned on the second fan in the living room, I hope the critters can all cool off okay with what's going.

Also, I have discovered that if I want to get to work at or before 10, my only choice is waking up fully after my "first sleep", which is generally around 2:30 or 3:00 am. The time I HAVE to get up to get to work by 8:00 ish is 5:00 or 6:00 am, but if I try to go back to sleep I will not go back to sleep until around 4:30, and then I am out for about 4 hours and no amount of alarm will get me up.

Anyway, this means that I have no been awake for 11 hours and it is 1:44, and I am REALLY tired.

Jesse, we have an "Eating Disorders Networking Meeting" here weekly, and they have a giant sign they put up. I always think that is not quite right.

And all I can think about is if they have snacks at the meeting!

Because I am terrible.

It's a valid question. I am also terrible, though.

That is awful, Sophia, your lack of sleep. I can't figure out how people do that divided sleep thing, because if I woke up after a few hours sleep and was awake for a couple of hours it would practically be time to get up, and I don't think I can go to bed any earlier, especially not in the summer. Winter, of course, I could go to sleep at almost any time, but I never want to wake up.

Between bladder and things going on outside, I almost always wake up at 5, with the alarm set for 7. If I could keep to my determination to be in bed--actually in bed!--by midnight, this wouldn't be so bad. I know I should be in bed by 11, but that's only when I start thinking, "I should get off the computer, there's still plenty of time for reading."