I was not in any way eager to start the day when I woke up this morning. Unmotivated, frustrated (with an empty toner cartridge), panicky (test again next week) and guilty (little study done over weekend). I only had a 2 hour clinical session to get through in the afternoon, and the morning started out as a pretty drab day.
I thought I could get my printer fixed today. Refilling the cartridge will take till next Tuesday, and I do not feel right at all without my printouts. Tried printing at the library, but the printer there would not print all the jobs I send to it, no matter how many times I tried.
Still feeling tired/nauseated/heavy/sticky(no idea)/painful eyes – I did not want to do anything, period. I may be PMSing, that I agree.
But surprisingly clinical session turned out to be very enjoyable. While waiting for it to start I had only all intention to get it over with as painlessly as possible, and there I was hermiting in a corner, replying cheery greetings with only faint smiles, staring into space and totally unengaged. That pretty much also suffices to sum up my feelings over the weekend – just (feeling), dead.
I paired up with Lucas for clinical today, and he took my blood pressure. 95/60:
“Eveline, you’re so dead – I can barely hear anything through the stethescope. I can’t feel your pulses either.”
Pretty coincidental, no?
Okay, I know I said that clinical today did end up being enjoyable – and it was, though I don’t know exactly how it started. All I remember was Lucas bursting out in hysterics in the middle of me taking his blood pressure – and the rest of the session was a breeze.
Which makes me think – am I really the culprit behind my feeling downinthedumps? I feel like giving myself a good slap and shake: “Wakey wakey!! Do something productive hello!!”
Because how can a burst of random laughter be enough to drive my dark clouds away? I certainly didn’t perceive my problems to be as easily resolved as that. But perhaps, they are, and I’m just being foolish?
Miss KY Lim. You will do hard work starting tonight, no excuses, and be happy about it.