The Zoo over Ambuscade Street

Februaries suck. This universal truth is so compelling that, for a long period of time (at least ten years), I boycotted Februaries.

In recent years, this custom of mine has fallen by the wayside, which I now regret, since February has taken it's revenge upon me in spades. Therefore, I find it necessary to once again take up the custom of boycotting Februaries.

In that spirit, I wish you all a happy -4 of March.

PH34R MY FEVERISH LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY!!!

I may only manage two days of work this week, but I'll be damned if that means I don't get the same amount of work done. I have no desire to work this weekend - I will hang out at Kei's tonight and have fun, then I will sleep for 5,000 hours, then I will putter about the house, and possibly clean. I may, if I feel so motivated, read a book as well.

Five hundred beef kabobs and leftover Chinese mean I don't need to cook anything. If I feel especially motivated, I'll go to the dump. What an exciting life I lead!

Hmmm...

You know, I've blamed this on my fibromyalgia for years, and joked about narcolepsy, but I'm really starting to wonder lately if I might not really be on to something. This part, especially, fits:

"Patients with the disorder experience irresistible sleep attacks, throughout the day, which can last for 30 seconds to more than 30 minutes, regardless of the amount or quality of prior nighttime sleep. These attacks result in episodes of sleep at work and social events, while eating, talking and driving, and in other similarly inappropriate occasions."

Although I don't actually fall asleep at inappropriate moments (yet), I have to fight the urge to. Like right now, which is why I'm distracting myself by typing this. And while I was driving to work this morning.

"hypnagogic hallucinations (vivid dream-like images that occur at sleep onset). Disturbed nighttime sleep, including tossing and turning in bed, leg jerks, nightmares, and frequent awakenings, may also occur."

I've had all of this, but again blamed it on either the fibromyalgia, or the medication I take for fibromyalgia. Part of the treatment looks like it'd be the same stuff I'm on now for fibromyalgia.

I made a comment earlier about it, which got me thinking seriously about the possibility. Then, I read this, and this quote really resonated:

"weight’s gone up. I have trouble focusing my eyes. I have trouble staving off depression. I have trouble navigating and doing math. Small complications make long delays."

I really think I need to make an appointment with a doctor. Not for next week, because I have the car thing and have to take a day off anyway, but certainly some time soon.

I called mom (at work) for the hell of it (and because she also has fibromyalgia and is on the same medications, to see if she has the same symptoms), and she thinks it may be some sort of sleep disorder and suggests that I have my doctor arrange a sleep study. Which sounds No Fun At All, but if it means I start feeling better and more focused (MUCH more focused!), I need to go ahead with it.

The foot surgery, on the other hand... ^_^;;