Grey Days
Grey days, some of us have them. I’m talking about days, one’s you can depend on (to be grey).
Yes hello to you and as you can tell today was a grey day. Do I get affected by grey days? You bet! I’m a coffee maker’s dream on a grey day. A coffee on a grey day keeps the migraines away. A coffee? Multiple. Then unfortunately as I’m try to save money the only coffee I have is Aldi’s dark roast breakfast blend, which, well you get what you pay for.
The joy of living in the US northeast is the seasons. They change, you get all 4 of them. Sometimes one lasts for only a day, and other times you cycle through all 4 of them over the course of a week. The joy! With the change though comes those days in which the sky is not blue, or white, but grey. If I didn’t work, didn’t parent, and wasn’t a husband I would sleep. These are the best days to do that! If you can make that happen and you can just sleep, that’s my top recommendation. It’s like nature’s way of telling you to take a break.
If you can’t sleep, then for me I fall into a rut. I’m not the best husband or father, I’m at best distracted. I’m not angry or sad, but melancholy. I can already fall asleep mid-sentence on a good day, but on grey one’s all bets are off.
Oddly I’m more creative, or multimathist, on days like today. Granted that’s due to my head being anywhere but here. Escapism is front and center and even writing this is doing just that.
That said, I do try to stay distracted from the day. Enjoying music, playing, a good old tv show, 90s sitcoms are the best. Whatever I’m currently into is played a bunch on YouTube. I’m not all that productive at home, but I do my best to enjoy it. Taking a shower is great.
Then night comes. Now you’d think you’re in the clear from a grey day since it’s now night and no longer day. Well for me, I’m not. It’s now been perpetual night since last night. That’s normally where tv, yes a crutch, comes into play.
Jeopardy is a great family show. With the sad passing of legend Alex Trebek the essence of Jeopardy was in question. Ken Jennings did a decent job as fill-in host, but most have floundered terribly and the once family show was almost no more. Enter Aaron Rodgers. He’s a natural. The Jeopardy essence was back! However, as fate would have it, it would be today, a grey day, that his 2 week stint is over. Sigh, well here’s to finding something else to watch again for another 2 weeks.
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I hope you don’t suffer from grey days, but if you do I walk with you in those feelings. All days aren’t grey, it’s just that all grey days are days. I will say that writing this has been very therapeutic so I’ll add journaling as a good thing to do. Get those thoughts that only creep up on days like this out.
Then random, I think I figured out the ‘Search Description’ field, so I filled it in for this post and I guess will have to go back and add that to the others. Also starting with this one (I may or may not go back) is that I’ll try and add some relevant links to what was talked about. It’s something right?
Also drink more water! I’m parched, it’s a grey day, and both add to getting a migraine.
Anyway, I hope this helps, or at least lets you know that you’re not alone. Knowing I’m not alone is great help, so I thank you too!
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