Ultra Shenanigans

Today was my first day back at work for 2023. In my upstairs office. In my sweatpants, with a nice sweater and collared shirt in case of any unexpected Teams or Zoom calls.

The snow has been super light so far this year, but on the mountains between Sendai and Yamagata it's starting to pile up. And it's cold. Even with my gloves on the ends of my fingers get numb on my morning walk.

The bummer was that somewhere in the mid-morning I started having a panic attack and it ended up lasting all day. I thought at first maybe I shouldn't have made that second cup of coffee, but it wasn't caffeine. I did a walking lunch break and the entire time I could feel my heart beating way faster than normal, my gait was off, I was dizzy in a way that's different from just being spun around. Very disorientated. And my nose was running so I used my handkerchief to wipe my nose but every so often more than just drippy nose would come out and I thought a lot about what the world must have been like before Kleenex.

It's late evening now as I write this and I am still trying to even out. I know I need to sleep more, but that's a process.

After lunch I crumpled on the sofa for about 30 minutes. When Eri left for school at 14:45 I moved myself downstairs to work at the dining table so I could keep a closer eye on the boys in their post-nap playtime. That's normally when the most shenanigans occur. The ultra shenanigans, like chapstick on the TV or crayon coloring on the floor.

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