Mental vacation

Friday, July 7, 2023

I am in severe need of a mental vacation.

In the continuation of my dumpster fire life, the bank let me know that it could not be determined that every transaction from the hack could actually was fraudulent. So I got charged for those and then re-charged the fees. I just can’t take this anymore. Now we can’t go on our trip to Reno because the rooms are obscenely expensive due to some kind of event going on that week. Between that, the bank, and essentially my entire life getting hacked, I am truly at my breaking point.

I decided to ask my VP if I could switch the days that I was initially going to go to Reno and use that PTO for this coming week because even though I can not afford to even drive to work until next payday, let alone go anywhere else, I just need a vacation. I don’t want to do anything. I don’t want to be responsible for anything. I want the world to forget that I exist for a week. That’s all I’m asking, just a week… a week to be a hermit. Thankfully, after an hour long meeting where I tried to not burst into spontaneous tears, she agreed. It was kind of cathartic to cancel meetings and set my “out of office” message.

It’s time to reset.