Um....just haven't felt I've been posting (um, because I haven't!), and I just wanted to talk to you guys for a bit.
The wife is a school teacher, so when returning to work after Labor Day, the month of September is a blur of fatigue, sleeplessness, and exhaustion.
Little man did not transition well to going back to daycare. He began having more meltdowns...and not just tantrums, but a 'meltdown'-and with autism spectrum, this is the kind of thing that means he cannot soothed, self-soothed, or be made to come out of it, even if his original requirement is remet-(i WANT TO CLOSE THE DOOR!) Gentlemen, we had one last for 65 minutes. He didn't get a chance to throw away his boogery kleenex. These events were happening with a frequency of 3+ times a week for 3 weeks. Before you say 'that's a kid's tantrums when he's 2', well, we decided to scare ourself with autism research, and also doing comparisons with friends' who have autistic children. Also, there was no sleep, so the biggest shadow demons rear their heads. Was there some other instance of Sensory Stimulation Overload? (also a thing), Yes, we believe that, but things have gotten better.
Things got better from the illnesses that came back. Little lady got 2 ear infections, Little man got a sinus infection, I got sick and lost my voice for 2 days (also, I was recovering from a vasectomy), and within days, the wife was sick as well. There were days that stretched into a work week and more where what I was doing wasn't called 'sleep' at night. Kids were waking, crying, upset, sick, or melting down, or I was in pain as well. Things sucked.
Then, well, comics-wise, yes, I ditched the Bendis Superman stuff, I ended the Robinson WW right before the climax, didn't bother to stick around for 6 month fill ins, and Venditti's GL is ending. Super Sons was also done (but come back in a different form!), but I was just feeling my books were going away. Being sick, it's hard to find time to just sit and read a bunch of Unlimited comics as well. So, I just haven't been reading or buying either. It's why I like coming here to see what is being bought and read!(and discussed some, even if it's just a line or two).
That said, I'm a TTRPG guy too, and with the Pathfinder system putting out a second edition (digitally for free), I've been spending some time getting into that, as well as just buying up old adventure sets that I didn't have from ebay. So, I get the brief fun of an ebay hunt, save some money off of original price, still spend money I want to spend
, and get something that I enjoy.
I'm sure I'll swing back up from my Perrititis
, but right now...some times it feels it's all I can do to get up and do whatever I have to do before i can just go and pass out and forget about the day I just had to sleep through.
That makes it sound real depressing; it's not. Just exhausting and exhaustive. Work has been a tremendous stress; our department is bleeding people everywhere-they just keep leaving, and no one wants to come work for us. And I actually get it. For now, my job is so solid, that I could murder someone and keep my position. They've been trying to hire people for 8 months within my region, and it' ain't happening. So, maybe yeah, that's causing some stress as well.
That's me.