Putting yourself out there is important, but giving yourself a break is important, too. I feel like death today. It may be I caught a cold or something, or it may be the stress of constantly pushing myself out of my comfort zone finally catching up to me. I had another full day planned-- I had signed up for a guided group tour of Greeley and then made coffee plans with a potential new friend, but I had to bail on both. I really try to push through something even if I might not want to go, but there is a point where misery outweighs the benefit of the outing. Today is that day. If I met up with Dav for coffee, I would be a boring, miserable, unsociable schmuck.
Here's some more negative stuff that just needs to get out of my head and be acknowledged:
- Greeley smells like poop. It legitimately smells like absolute crap all the time. And it's not the quaint Vermont manure smell that I sort of like. A family friend went to school here years ago and mentioned the smell, but I didn't think much of it. Now I understand. As soon as you cross the Greeley city line, BAM, POOP SMELL. As soon as you've hit the next town, sweet relief. I think I'll adjust to it eventually. I friggin' hope so.
- I'm trying so hard to be a bar person and I'm just not. I can bar hop for a while and I love to go out dancing, but I hate spending money on drinks, I hate getting hit on by the creepy regulars, I hate sitting in one place for more than a half hour, and I really don't even like being drunk that much. I can handle it all maybe one night a week tops, but to all y'all who go multiple times a week? I'm impressed, but not jealous. Do yo' thang and I'll join you for maybe an hour of it.
- The altitude change is giving me problems. I wanna hike and run and bike and not get dizzy or winded immediately. The first night I went out to a bar, I had two drinks over the course of several hours and I was done. Freaks me out not knowing my limits anymore. SO READY TO BE ADJUSTED, PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
That's it. At least my negativity list is fairly short. Here's a quick positivity list to balance out:
- I've picked up needlepointing and started a cute little section of the bathroom wall to fill with tiny 4-inch embroidery hoop projects with inspirational mantras. It's barfy but, yo, whatever it takes to cheer myself up.
- The train tracks right outside my window used to wake me up and annoy me every time a train went by (ALL THE TIME), but now I've gotten accustomed to it and sorta like the train horn.
- uhhh that's it, i'm not feeling very positive today
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