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Tired

I don’t think I have recovered from all of the driving last week. Somehow I feel like I am not terribly tired but at the same time I am terribly exhausted. I don’t get it. I just want to nap, I think.

Well, I want to nap but I also want to put a roll of film through my new camera so that I can find out if it works or not. Functionally I think it is working fine. The question is whether or not it leaks light. I won’t know that until I get a roll of film developed.

I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning (my annual post-gastric bypass check in with my surgeon) and I was thinking of taking a quick stop along the Merrimack River in Lowell, MA on the way home. I checked the weather though… rain. Shit. I guess I’ll take the camera with me when I go on the off chance I get lucky. We’ll see. If not I might be able to take it for a walk through the bird sanctuary in Methuen on Saturday. We’ll see.

In other news, the new Star Wars movie comes out in just under two weeks. Friday May 22nd sees the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu. I would like to see it opening night, but as long as I get to it on opening weekend I will be happy. I asked my wife and my step daughter if they want to go. I hope so. I don’t like going to the movies alone, but I will. I could always drive up to Burlington, VT again (see previous posts for recaps of the million and a half drives to Burlington I’ve taken in the past 2+ weeks) and see it with my step son, assuming he’s interested. He might not be. I don’t know. My family isn’t quite as in love with Star Wars as I’ve been since 1977. In love is the wrong phrase… clinically obsessed is probably more accurate.

Okay, back to work with you, Sir. This is the way.

In India, you often feel guilty for leaving work at 6 pm even if you have finished your work, worked your back off the entire week, and arrived as early as 7 am, and you still end up hearing subtle “half day today?” jokes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/lifestyle/made-to-feel-guilty-for-leaving-work-even-after-finishing-tasks-viral-post-on-toxic-work-culture-o7uce8cv?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ToxicWorkCulture #WorkLifeBalance #IndianWorkCulture #Exhaustion

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/minimal-persuasive-effects-of-campaign-contact-in-general-elections-evidence-from-49-field-experiments/753665A313C4AB433DBF7110299B7433 (abstract only); https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad9713 (abstract only); https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josi.70012 (open access); https://www.newconvo.org/what-is-deep-canvassing. "There’s a solid #rule in #life: if you don’t #listen to other #people, they won’t listen to you. I’m often told that people are 'too exhausted' to engage in #politics. That can mean they’re overwhelmed by #work & #familylife. But it can also refer to the #exhaustion of being unheard."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/minimal-persuasive-effects-of-campaign-contact-in-general-elections-evidence-from-49-field-experiments/753665A313C4AB433DBF7110299B7433 (abstract only); https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad9713 (abstract only); https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josi.70012 (open access); https://www.newconvo.org/what-is-deep-canvassing. "There’s a solid #rule in #life: if you don’t #listen to other #people, they won’t listen to you. I’m often told that people are 'too exhausted' to engage in #politics. That can mean they’re overwhelmed by #work & #familylife. But it can also refer to the #exhaustion of being unheard."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/minimal-persuasive-effects-of-campaign-contact-in-general-elections-evidence-from-49-field-experiments/753665A313C4AB433DBF7110299B7433 (abstract only); https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad9713 (abstract only); https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josi.70012 (open access); https://www.newconvo.org/what-is-deep-canvassing. "There’s a solid #rule in #life: if you don’t #listen to other #people, they won’t listen to you. I’m often told that people are 'too exhausted' to engage in #politics. That can mean they’re overwhelmed by #work & #familylife. But it can also refer to the #exhaustion of being unheard."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/minimal-persuasive-effects-of-campaign-contact-in-general-elections-evidence-from-49-field-experiments/753665A313C4AB433DBF7110299B7433 (abstract only); https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad9713 (abstract only); https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josi.70012 (open access); https://www.newconvo.org/what-is-deep-canvassing. "There’s a solid #rule in #life: if you don’t #listen to other #people, they won’t listen to you. I’m often told that people are 'too exhausted' to engage in #politics. That can mean they’re overwhelmed by #work & #familylife. But it can also refer to the #exhaustion of being unheard."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/minimal-persuasive-effects-of-campaign-contact-in-general-elections-evidence-from-49-field-experiments/753665A313C4AB433DBF7110299B7433 (abstract only); https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aad9713 (abstract only); https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josi.70012 (open access); https://www.newconvo.org/what-is-deep-canvassing. "There’s a solid #rule in #life: if you don’t #listen to other #people, they won’t listen to you. I’m often told that people are 'too exhausted' to engage in #politics. That can mean they’re overwhelmed by #work & #familylife. But it can also refer to the #exhaustion of being unheard."

Sore and exhausted 😮‍💨

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/sore-and-exhausted-%f0%9f%98%ae%f0%9f%92%a8/

Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine, a hormone responsible for regulating many bodily functions, including heart rate, body temperature, growth, and activity levels. Therefore, in cases of hyperthyroidism, the body becomes "quickly active": palpitations, weight loss, anxiety, sweating, and sometimes tremors.

#Gaza #palestine #Madtodon #freepalestine #thyroid #medication #exhaustion
#Treatment

Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine, a hormone responsible for regulating many bodily functions, including heart rate, body temperature, growth, and activity levels. Therefore, in cases of hyperthyroidism, the body becomes "quickly active": palpitations, weight loss, anxiety, sweating, and sometimes tremors.

#Gaza #palestine #Madtodon #freepalestine #thyroid #medication #exhaustion
#Treatment

Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine, a hormone responsible for regulating many bodily functions, including heart rate, body temperature, growth, and activity levels. Therefore, in cases of hyperthyroidism, the body becomes "quickly active": palpitations, weight loss, anxiety, sweating, and sometimes tremors.

#Gaza #palestine #Madtodon #freepalestine #thyroid #medication #exhaustion
#Treatment

Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine, a hormone responsible for regulating many bodily functions, including heart rate, body temperature, growth, and activity levels. Therefore, in cases of hyperthyroidism, the body becomes "quickly active": palpitations, weight loss, anxiety, sweating, and sometimes tremors.

#Gaza #palestine #Madtodon #freepalestine #thyroid #medication #exhaustion
#Treatment

Good cage looks pr(ul)etty 🥺

https://piefed.social/c/196/p/2028472/good-cage-looks-pr-ul-etty

I don’t feel like I did all that much today,

But the crowdfunding for May rent is almost done, at least, we only have a bit more to go and then I can chilllll. I also talked with a friend for the first time on the phone today, and that was lovely.

If you’d like to help with the crowdfund for May rent, anything helps. My pay links are as follows:

Cashapp: $persephonejam

Venmo: opensorceryy

PayPal: [email protected]

I love y’all so much.

-Allēna

I don’t feel like I did all that much today,

But the crowdfunding for May rent is almost done, at least, we only have a bit more to go and then I can chilllll. I also talked with a friend for the first time on the phone today, and that was lovely.

If you’d like to help with the crowdfund for May rent, anything helps. My pay links are as follows:

Cashapp: $persephonejam

Venmo: opensorceryy

PayPal: [email protected]

I love y’all so much.

-Allēna

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Tired.

Got home, beeped car locked, then walked up to house, held up my car key, and clicked it. The front door did not open. Huh?

Driving to work, early in morning, had driver-side window down to let some cool air in. Truck came up behind, with its bright white lights blasting my eyes. Blinking and annoyed, I rolled up my window. The light did not get any dimmer. Huh?

Tired. I am just tired.

At least, I hope I am just tired.

#exhaustion

Muscle Growth Depends on Progression not Exhaustion 💪📈

If you chase exhaustion too often, recovery can suffer. When recovery drops, performance usually drops too.

Progression works best when your training is hard enough to stimulate growth but manageable enough to repeat and improve.

#musclegrowth #progress #exhaustion #onlinecoach #personaltrainer

https://www.europesays.com/ie/413741/ How the nutrient cysteine controls cancer-fighting power of T cells #AminoAcid #cancer #CancerImmunotherapy #Cell #Cysteine #Éire #Exhaustion #Health #IE #ImmuneSystem #immunotherapy #Ireland #Laboratory #pH #Proliferation #PublicHealth #Research #Sulfur #TCell #Tumor

LLMs can be exhausting

https://tomjohnell.com/llms-can-be-absolutely-exhausting/

#HackerNews #LLMs #Exhaustion #AI #Insights #Technology #Discussion

I'm so tired of being tired. I've been on antibiotics for a week, and the interplay between them and my IBS has me feeling like I'm thinking and moving through mud. I hope I get some energy soon. #ChronicIllness #InvisibleDisabilities #exhaustion #IBS

https://www.europesays.com/ie/384178/ New insights highlight multifaceted roles of CD4+ T cells in tumor immunity #Antigen #cancer #CancerImmunotherapy #CD4 #Cell #CellBiology #Chronic #Efficacy #Éire #Exhaustion #hospital #IE #immunity #immunotherapy #Ireland #medicine #Metabolism #Research #Technology #Transcriptomics #Tumor

Alone. Completely alone.

I wish I had someone I could really, actually talk to.

Sometimes I miss my therapist, but then I remember how she would get uncomfortable and respond, "well I'm a Christian" when I would start on MAGA and Christian Nationalism contributing to my existential depression…

And am I going to find a therapist in fuck-nowhere-Kansas with different views? Nope.

Good Evening.

I didn't get much work done, but I did talk with my mentor who was encouraging and lovely, but then the appointment ends and I still just have to get on with whatever I need to do.

I did have a chat to one of the volunteers on the Cruse bereavement helpline for a while, which was helpful.

I am going to contact the local Cruse office tomorrow and ask about going on the waiting list for counselling again I think.

Other than that, I have lay down in various places in my house today. Most weirdly on the floor because I had crouched down to plug something in, and my body decided getting back up was a bad idea.

#GoodEvening #Grief #Exhaustion

Some days you don’t need motivation… you need rest. 🔥
9 of Fire reminds you — pause before you burn out.
Rest is not weakness. It is wisdom. ✨

#CardOfTheDay #OshoZenTarot #9OfFire #Exhaustion #SpiritualGuidance #DailyTarot #SelfCareReminder #BurnoutHealing #EnergyReset #MindBodySoul #TarotReadersO

https://himanigoyal21.com/2026/02/28/card-of-the-day-9-of-fire-exhaustion-2/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/346601/ Remote-controlled CAR T cells offer safer cancer therapy #Antibody #Antigen #blood #cancer #CancerTherapy #Cell #Efficacy #Éire #Exhaustion #IE #immunotherapy #Ireland #Preclinical #Protein #Receptor #Research #Technology #therapy #Tumor

New comic about Sleep Pressure and how that is different when you have Idiopathic Hypersomnia!

Please share, subscribing is FREE in tapastic (always will be), and help me spread IH awareness. <3

Tapastic: https://tapas.io/episode/3801539
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/i/IM4M81TPDVV

#art #comic #disability #disabledartist #sleepdisorder #sleeppressure #disability #sleep #exhaustion #tired #share #awareness

Ten Years Was Enough

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/03/ten-years-was-enough/

How January 2026 Already Feels Like a Whole Year

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/01/19/23/27/56/analysis/jaimedavid327/9127/how-january-2026-already-feels-like-a-whole-year/

How January 2026 Already Feels Like a Whole Year

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/01/19/23/27/56/analysis/jaimedavid327/9127/how-january-2026-already-feels-like-a-whole-year/

We met a military officer who goes by the callsign ‘Sanych,’ in the basement office for members of the Khartiia Brigade as they prepared for a #Christmas Eve meal.

There is the obvious physical #exhaustion that comes from the mechanical movements of the day. But much harder to #combat, he says, is the spiritual or moral exhaustion – the deeper questions that expand and contract in our souls, making us question our will to continue.

https://www.europesays.com/ie/226528/ Dietary restriction boosts antitumour immunity by rewiring T cell metabolism #Antigen #blood #cancer #CancerImmunotherapy #Cell #CellMetabolism #Chronic #diet #Éire #Exhaustion #Glucose #Health #IE #ImmuneSystem #immunity #immunotherapy #Ireland #Metabolism #Metabolite #MouseModel #Preclinical #Proliferation #Tumor

Again I had a dream about eating a lox bagel sandwich, so yesterday I went and got one.

So the dream gods commanded, so I must do!

But yesterday, it was kinda a shit day anyway.

A shopping cart fell over when I was trying to move it away from my new car and clonked a nice dent into my fender.

Felt kinda exhausted and dopey, like I probably shouldn't operate power tools, or do much driving.

Wouldn't be wise.

So I just took a long nap instead.

#exhaustion

Thurs. Nov. 13, 2025: A Good Night’s Sleep Helps

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Waning Moon

Neptune, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus, Mercury, Jupiter Retrograde

Raining and cold

You can read the latest on the garden over on Gratitude and Growth.

I managed to get a play submission out yesterday morning, so at least I felt like I was trying to get something done on my own work. Did the rounds of elected officials, and told them I realized they are tired, but they need to remove ineffective or colluding leaders.

I was invited to return as a judge for a national teen writing contest that I’ve worked on for the past two years. I declined.  The bulk of the reading happens right around Solstice/Christmas/New Year’s, and it’s just too much. Plus, they don’t listen. If I say I have x amount of time and can do y amount of categories (they ask us how much we can do), don’t give me double or triple that. During the holidays. I’m glad I did it the past couple of years, but the timing, technical issues, and disorganization don’t work for me. I know they’re having trouble finding judges for the reasons given – so don’t do it over the holidays and fix the tech problems, since everything is handled online. If I only have specific hours I can block off to read, and I can’t access the necessary files in those hours, I can’t suddenly find more hours a week or two later when the tech issues are fixed, especially when those new hours are expected on the holidays themselves. No.

The whole day was spent on the ghostwriting. Yet again, I ripped it apart and did several sections over from scratch. But I got it out just before 4:30, and was ready to collapse. It’s not as polished as I like to have a draft like this for them.

The cat food that has been out of stock was finally back in stock, so I put in that order.

Heated up leftovers for dinner, and just chilled out with the cats in the evening. I read a wonderful book of poetry, COLORSCAPES by Lee Woodman. Just wonderful. Every poem got me more excited about poetry and eager to read the next one. I went to bed earlier than usual, woke up at 1, fell asleep again, and didn’t wake up until nearly 6:30. Tessa Was Not Amused.

Got up, fed everyone, good morning routine. Charlotte and I will do the online meditation group. After breakfast, I will head out to the laundromat, since I overslept and didn’t go first thing. Hopefully, that will work. I want to get some of my own writing in today, and then I’ll move onto the next ghostwriting project, unless I get the notes for which I’m waiting. I have a meeting online at noon (#FreelanceFriends), and then a meeting in person at the library at 5:30, and then a meeting with the online library cohort from 8-9. So it’s a good thing I don’t have a deadline looming over me!

A good night’s sleep helped a lot, but I’m keeping up the pressure on my elected officials to remove Schumer and Durbin. The silence in the Senate against this debacle makes me agree that there are more than just the Vichy 8 who need to be primaried.

The computer did an update overnight without permission and everything is cattywampus. Also, it’s not saving things properly. Hopefully, it saved the ghostwriting I sent off yesterday properly (I did check before I sent it, and it seemed fine). But I’ve lost half a document I saved last night before I finished for the night, and I’m annoyed. It’s the 4th time this particular document hasn’t saved properly. I hate Mercury Retrograde.

The snow switched over to rain, so at least I didn’t have to dig out the car. It almost looks like March out there.

Two stray cats chased each other in a neighbor’s yard this morning. (John, our neighborhood cat whisperer makes sure they are cared for). Bea watched from the window, wide-eyed, glad that is no longer her life.

Tessa is having a good time, moving from one rocking chair to the other in the apartment (we have three – one in the living room, one in the sewing room, and one in the reading corner of my office). She loves rocking chairs, especially when they are next to the heater.

Have a good one!

#books #cats #exhaustion #fiction #freelance #poetry #reading #writing

“Just rest a little longer”

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/just-rest-a-little-longer/

The amount of damage a late summer flu can do didn’t occur to me until this week… and my job is just as damaging.

I did not expect to spend two weeks trying to get over it and get back into shape, but that’s how it went out. Thankfully the chest congestion is finally clearing up… after taking a week to show up.

https://texantally.com/2025/09/04/the-amount-of-damage-a-late-summer-flu-can-do-didnt-occur-to-me-until-this-week-and-my-job-is-just-as-damaging/

Vegan diets support high-level training, but risks of muscle loss

Thinking of kicking meat off your plate? A new study shows that vegan diets keep soccer players running…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Nutrition #Calcium #Carbohydrate #Diet #exercise #Exhaustion #FattyAcids #food #Health #Meat #muscle #Nutrients #OxidativeStress #protein #running #stress #supplements #vegan #VitaminB12
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/34422/

Vegan diets support high-level training, but risks of muscle loss

Thinking of kicking meat off your plate? A new study shows that vegan diets keep soccer players running…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Nutrition #Calcium #Carbohydrate #Diet #exercise #Exhaustion #FattyAcids #food #Health #Meat #muscle #Nutrients #OxidativeStress #protein #running #stress #supplements #vegan #VitaminB12
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/34422/

6 #Hidden #Signs You're #BurntOut (Not #Lazy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPrit60VT8

#exhaustion #aging #laziness #overworked

6 #Hidden #Signs You're #BurntOut (Not #Lazy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPrit60VT8

#exhaustion #aging #laziness #overworked

6 #Hidden #Signs You're #BurntOut (Not #Lazy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPrit60VT8

#exhaustion #aging #laziness #overworked