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I'm in it

It is Wednesday, April 8, 2020.  I am working from home for the first time in my life and have been since March 18, which was 3 weeks ago today.  It feels like 3 months. The days and weeks are long now. Time has slowed down.  I have slowed down. Our country has slowed down. Like so many others, in addition to working from home, I am now also a stay at home mom to an almost 5 year old.  My husband works for a restaurant and still goes to work every day.  Nothing has changed for him.  For me, EVERYTHING about my daily usual has changed.  And I am anxious, and frazzled, and uncomfortable, and irritable, and emotional.  I am grieving the loss of the routine in which I thrive. I miss my family and my friends.  And I'm trying really, really, hard, but I'm struggling. I hate that I'm like this.  I have SO much to be thankful for and yet my mental health is declining.  As I've written before, I take prescription medication to combat depre...