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Friday, July 14, 2023

Why didn’t I take the whole day off work?

I’ve never been the type of person that likes to just take a full week off of work. I hoard my PTO hours like a dragon hoards their gold. Don’t ask me why, because I honestly don’t know. If I take time off to go on a trip, I’ll go back to work the next day, even if I know that I should have a day to recover. So when I asked to have days off for a mental health break, I could only bring myself to ask for four days, not the entire week. I woke up regretting my decision. It wasn’t a bad day. I honestly needed the day to catch up on emails and projects, which made the day go fast because I was constantly busy.

I did forget to take something out for dinner, so the boyfriend wound up ordering pizza because I didn’t plan on cooking. I spent the rest of the night painting. Tomorrow, I’m heading to my parents to begin taking inventory of my paintings and getting the hanging ready. I’ll probably wind up spending the night, because I don’t imagine it’ll only take one day. I have 8 months worth of daily paintings to do. I want to make sure the info on my store is correct, and I want to open an Etsy shop as well.

Back to normal, I guess.