Sick Days

Happy #SelfCareSaturday

Today I took care of myself by calling out from work (I had a 3-10 shift at Target) to spend a second day of R&R to finally kick this cold I've had for like 3 weeks (legit though)

So, in short, I did not do much today.

I woke up at about 7 because my phone alarm is set up so it goes off 9 hours after I go to sleep and that was the time for waking by that setup. And then I picked up my Boss Babes adult coloring and activity book and did some of the activities (wasn't much in the mood for coloring).

I also did general basic hygiene stuff like brush my teeth and take a shower (showers are nice bc the steam helps get the goo out of my throat, lungs, and sinuses).

And I called Target to let them know I couldn't come in because of being sick (they weren't too happy about it, but I was like, yo I need to not get more sick and this ended up being a super good call bc I was having some dizzy spells and also some digestive problems throughout the day which would have made a Target shift completely awful).

And I worked on my grad school application statements of purpose. I only got one to a state of close-to-finished (really a first draft which I will have to edit probably), but I figure the other three will be easier than the first one because I will have more of an idea of what I'm doing--because all the guides in the world can't truly prepare you to write 300-1000 words about why you should be accepted to a particular graduate program. My goal is to get this one in this weekend and have drafts of the other three to send to my recommenders so they know why I'm applying to each of the programs.

I also watched a lot of recorded tv. We record a lot of tv in my house and don't get to sit down and watch it that much, so we were down to like 14% of our dvr space being available, and so we had to get through a good chunk of what was in there. Not all of it was mine, but I got the ball rolling and my mom ended up watching a bit of stuff that she's more interested in than me while I went upstairs to read and ended up taking a nap.

I went upstairs with the intent of, like, finishing a book, but after a chapter I was pretty tired, and after two chapters my eyelids were really heavy, so I went ahead and crawled under the covers and took a two hour nap.

When I woke up, it was dinner time, so I had some dinner, and then sat down to watch the last bit of my mom's recorded show, and now we're watching Love Actually and I'm writing.

I mean, I'm sure there were a few other things I did today. Like, I remember reading a really long article about how time management is ruining our lives (SO TRUE) and at some point I reorganized all the little app icons on my phone so that they fit all on one page (folders are so handy), but those are less important than the just-sitting-around-and-resting parts of my day. 

Because, like, getting enough rest, especially when you're sick, is SO important. Like, I started getting a cold on the 3rd of December, guys. That's 3 weeks ago. And I was almost better and then last weekend it started getting worse again (either because I wasn't taking proper care of myself or because my niece came to visit and was a little bit sick and I caught her cold on top of what I already had) and so throughout this week, I was just a big, yucky mess. It was really awful.

So I decided that working a 3:30-midnight shift yesterday and a 3-10 shift today wasn't worth getting more sick because then the rest of 2016 would have been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.

And I've got things to do that don't involve being a yucky mess. Like enjoying life. And not being a yucky mess. I mean, I'm a yucky mess most of the time anyway, but usually less so.

So, I guess what I'm trying to get across is that it's important to work and contribute to society (even if society doesn't generally recognize what you're doing as contributing bc people are like so rude to retail workers guys) but it's more important to take care of yourself because at the end of the day, you've just got you, and maybe a couple of other people if you're lucky, and you don't wanna miss out on all the good stuff bc you're working yourself sick.

Just take care of yourselves, bbs.

xx,

Sienna

The Fierce Feminist

Happy #SelfCareSaturday!

Happy Saturday, y'all!

I hope your weekend's off to a great start!

Mine's a little wonky because I'm starting a new position as an instructor at the local Mathnasium centers and also working at Target, but I'm hoping to make the best of the busy weekend (and make some bank when payday comes next week).

My schedule is doing a weird thing today where I'm free until I work 11-2:15ish and then I'm home for a few hours before I work at 5:45, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to practice self-care in the hours I have free.

So far, I've spent an extra hour in bed before getting up and cleaned Lucy's litter box (because it was a huge mess since the other cats have discovered it and decided they want to be able to use it as well and they're super messy and make big piles of litter outside the box) and fed myself, Lucy, and Dale (not in that order).

I'm also putting off changing from my comfy elephant pants into my khakis for work, so that's a good thing for me. But I don't think I'll get to do much before I have to leave to get to work by 10 'til 11 (since it's my first day, I'm going to be early to familiarize myself with the center since I've never been to this particular one).

I think in between work shifts, I'll probably go for a short run since I missed the last two days because on Thursday I was also super busy, and on Friday I ended up spending the morning doing not a lot and then going to the grocery store. 

I'll also try to do my daily reading in Don Quixote so I can stay caught up, but I'm not sure if I'll have time because if I run, I'll have to shower and I need to have dinner before I go to Target at 5:45 because my shift is only 4.25 hours which means no meal break (I usually eat an apple or granola bar or both in my 15 minute breaks, but it's never enough time for a meal).

So hopefully, I'll have time to do all the things I want to do in between my work shifts, but if not, then it's okay because I have all morning tomorrow since I only work at one place and not until 12:45 which gives me like 4.5 hours to do things!

So, yeah. That's about it. Have a good day, everyone!

xx,

Sienna

The Fierce Feminist

Happy Self-Care Saturday!

Good morning!

Happy #SelfCareSaturday!

I hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start! I got mine started off with a nice hour run/walk outside using CharityMiles to raise money for Girl Up!, an organization dedicated to empowering girls worldwide. Who says self-care can't also be helping others?

Anyway, other than that, today is looking like it'll be a pretty relaxing day for the most part. I mean, I have to go to the grocery store and get a few things, and I need to go pick up some cat litter and mouse food, but other than that, I will probably mostly be reading and getting cat snuggles.

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I'm currently reading Don Quixote  by Miguel de Cervantes, translated to English by Edith Grossman and it's going pretty well, but it's just such a long book that sometimes I get overwhelmed by reading it. My goal for today is to catch up on my scheduled reading, because I've fallen a few days behind (I think I've got Monday-today's pages to get through, so about 180 pages maybe, I'm trying to do an average of 30 pages per day this year to get through the 10,000-some pages in the 14 books I've selected to read throughout the year (though I've already surpassed the page goal and the total book count in books that I got sidetracked by)

I also plan to stop by the local library and try to get a library card. I'm not sure if I'll be able to, because my driver's license doesn't have my current address, and neither does my passport, so I have to locate some piece of mail I've received at the address in order to prove I'm residing in the city of Richmond. But hopefully if I can't get one today, I'll be able to get one within the next couple of weeks, because most of the rest of my books for 2016 are ones I don't have and will need to borrow from a library or else buy (I do have one of the books I planned to read this year on my bookshelf, so if not I can do that one next).

So yeah, that's about it for my plans today. I'm looking forward to a relaxing day off!

xx,

Sienna

The Fierce Feminist