Feeling Better

After a rough couple of days I'm feeling better, more relaxed, and less exhausted. Oddly enough, I think the trick was to take a break from everything I thought I needed to do.

On Monday and Tuesday this week I worked from 9:30 am to 6-ish pm, and when you're at work for the entire business day it's very difficult to get anything done. Pair that with feeling exhausted and it's no wonder I started to stress out!

On Wednesday I didn't have to be to work until 2, so I went for my final dress fitting and met with our photographer in the morning (I try to stay on Joe's sleep schedule no matter what time I work, so I tend to be pretty productive in the morning). Knowing that my dress is altered, paid for, etc was nice as was getting the details of pictures worked out. I love out photographer. She's totally laid back but very professional and seems to have a great sense of what kind of photos we want. I'm certain we'll be pleased with her work - plus she's about 1/3 of the cost of other photographers (because it's kind of a moonlighting thing for her).

I also made a doctor's appointment for next Friday. I'm not thrilled because it's with my previous psychiatrist at MGH, but she was the first available and I'm fairly certain she'll respect my wishes for meds. Unfortunately she has zero personality and tends to fall back onto older meds...but we'll see.

Wednesday night I decided that when I got home I was going to do nothing but relax and rest. So instead of organizing the reception decorations like I planned on doing or writing my vows like I need to do, I sat on the couch and watched a movie. Joe recently complained he needed to get to bed earlier...and then admitted that really he just needed me to shut up once we were in bed! So I told him to make a point to chat with me sometime before bed without the TV on or the computer on one of our laps. Apparently that was the trick, because when we went to bed I didn't keep him up talking....nor did I keep myself up thinking.

Today I felt great. I worked 7:30-1:30, which is one of my favorite shifts and ran a few errands once I got out (returned some wine glasses to WalMart, bought the mints and nuts for the tables at the reception, picked up the flowergirl's dress from the seamstress). Joe left work early today so we could go get a marriage license and then we went and looked at a house in the Harvey area. Unfortunately that's when the night went slightly downhill...because we came home and accidentally took a nap for 2+ hours.

This was probably best for Joe, who's been sick allllll week, but not so much for me. Now it's midnight and I'm AWAKE. I've decided to use the energy to be productive (after I'm done blogging) and make sure I'm sleeping by 130 so that when I get up tomorrow at 730 I'm still relatively well rested. Still, I might have to take a sleep aid.

But for now I'm going to go put my Proactiv Refining Mask on my face, a white strip on my teeth, and see what I can get accomplished in the next hour.