vacation-esque whining

[rmd]

this is totally petty upper middle class first world problems. i know it. but i'm whining about it anyways because that's what lj is for.

well, harrumf. my vacation isn't actually being nearly as vacation-y as one might hope. it's being *great* as a distancing from my previous job, which is one of the big reasons i wanted a couple of weeks off, but... i've been fighting chest congestion and cough; i've spent several days dealing with someone else's outpatient surgery as responsible adult for the procedure and at-their-home minder/wrangler; and i've been having sporadic big freakouts (therapeutic and cathartic and entire necessary, but annoying and distracting) about some long standing stress-related stuff that's getting poked at by other stuff going on.

today, I may go off and serve as nursemaid again for another overnight, then i have to get back in time to take the cats to the vet tomorrow. wait, no, as i was writing this, i got a phone call and it turns out i'm off the hook for that, which is good because 1. i get another day of whatever and 2. it means she's doing that much better. yay! so i just have to deal tomorrow with vet appts for 2/3rds of the cats. (two separate appointments, since i don't expect to be able to corral both of those cats at the same time.)

it's not all doom and gloom, obviously. i've been loafing around and relaxing and playing some video games and puttering around the house doing things like cleaning the fridge. i saw the alloy orchestra do metropolis. i may or may not get the larger projects done that i'd wanted to do over the past couple of weeks, but i'm actually okay with that.

friday today through sunday, however, are (so far) free of obligations and the only things scheduled are enjoyable or fun or satisfying (like planning to go donate blood on sunday since i'm eligible again as of saturday). so i am expecting to make some vacationy vacation out of my vacation for the next few days. (admittedly, since i am my father's daughter, "vacationy vacation" is likely to include "projects around the house")

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[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

I hear ya, I hear ya!

Based on yesterday, I was looking forward to enjoying a "vacationy vacation" day today of working on my front yard, raking up the dead leaves that wintered over and cutting down some of the broken branches. I really thought it would feel good. But it's cold today. I now all the small plans I had planned to enjoy on bike all become either obligations to be Tough&Hardy, again, or opportunities for guilt trips if I decide to drive. meh.

And here I am with all the privilege of my health and wealth and of even *having* these two good options (plus the bus as a back up) for getting around, but instead I'm whiny about both of them. thank goodness for LJ. :)

ps.-- see email for suggestion to get together!