The come-down from the work high

[figmo]

I don't have any work today.

It's the first day in weeks I'm not working at either job.

It feels...wrong.

Anyone else with a day off would be rejoicing. I just want to break down and cry. It doesn't help that it's dreary outside, my throat hurts a tad, and I'm cold (part of that is A Certain Someone insists on keeping this place at "meat locker" temperatures).

Comments

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

I understand perfectly. When you've been running flat out for a while, it takes some time to figure out that it's okay to not be running.

May I recommend some tea and a blanket and some comfort movies or books? It is a rotten day, and exactly the kind of day that requires thoughtless comforts like tea and blankets and familar friends.

::hug offered::

[catalana.livejournal.com]

*big hug* The day after I handed in my dissertation I kind of felt like "well now what am I supposed to do?" So I definitely sympathize.

[howeird]

Yeah, I was going to have that feeling for two weeks during the company's end of the year shut-down, but then they asked me to work Xmas week, seeing as how I don't celebrate that particular holiday.

The only customer likely to call is one in a Muslim country. The joke of the day was the idea of sending the Jew to a Muslim country for Christmas.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Are they at least going to give you comp time for it?

[howeird]

Nope. Worse than that, I have to take off 3 days some other week during January. They are using the holiday shutdown to steal $$ from their employees, a traditional Silicon Valley (mal)practice.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

In other words, it's forced time off? Eeeuw. I hate that.