No extra time

[cjsmith]

[LJ-CUT TEXT="I need to start making some responsible decisions."]

I went out with a friend to a steak place last night (thank you, shoutingboy!), and I got home late -- after my nominal bed time.

The steak was scrumptious. The company was excellent. I greatly enjoyed the break.

Of course, there are always tradeoffs. As a result of this choice I made, I didn't get the laundry put away, I didn't do the grocery run I have agreed to do before 6pm tonight, I didn't clean the litterboxes, I didn't bring the mail inside, and I didn't do the dishes. (I did bring the trash out, bring the parcel in from the porch, feed the cats, and medicate everyone including me. Late, but medication was given.) Because kitty also has the UTI again, my bathroom's gone and I had to set her up in there with a litterbox again, which further ate into my sleep time. I didn't give her extra fluids, which would have been good home care. I most certainly didn't get enough sleep!

I also get two trips to the vet today and my daily routine gets "medicate Little Girl" added twice a day. Probably fluids daily, too - ten to fifteen minutes. I still haven't done the grocery run, which means leaving work earlier than usual, and I was later than usual to arrive at work because of Trip To Vet 1.

I need to realize that until and unless I get a lot more efficient with general life stuff, I cannot do things like that. Healthy people go out to dinner with friends. I cannot, not right now. With the sleep problems, the size of my daily routine, and cats who get sick(er) at the drop of a hat, I simply don't have the spare time.[/LJ-CUT]

Sometimes I don't like being a grownup. But I like to think that when being a grownup is the best thing to do, I'll do it.

Comments

[oddhack.livejournal.com]

My friend in vet school at NCSU says they are told on entry "School, Life, Sleep.
Pick two."

She picked School + Life. 24-year-old energy levels can accomodate a lot of lack
of sleep.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's what I picked as an undergraduate, too. (Well, it seems I could probably only pick one. Half school -- graduated but with mediocre grades -- and half life.)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I've discovered the hard way that 32-year-old energy levels cannot :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Nor can 40-. At least not with chronic pain and untreated Lyme. :-)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

once you cross six bits you're screwed (:

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Unless you can pass for young and healthy. Heck, I've got an energy level people expect to see in a caffeinated 20-year-old. But I'm by no means healthy, so there goes that idea!

[airporter.livejournal.com]

I'd say eight bits isn't all bad, but given this week...

Hope Kitty gets better quick, hon.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Some weeks are definitely better than others, aren't they?