exhaustion

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Sep 23, 2020

I got a massage yesterday.

Best . Day. Ever.

k1p1ssk, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2020

I haven't quite figured it all out yet. Trying to keep up an exercise routine and allowing myself each basically whatever I want helps ? But one night I'll sleep like a rock and the next I'll be woken multiple times by contact tracing dreams or that no one in the schools are physically distancing or that masks have been eschewed. It also doesn't help that I'm in the midst of a 19day work stretch... 3 full weeks at my normal job + the two weekends in between at my private school job. Worst decision ever. Not doing that again! Today is the midway point, so hopefully I don't break down sobbing between now and two Fridays from now...

Cattz, ADN · Sep 24, 2020

Melatonin.

BrisketRN, BSN, RN · Sep 24, 2020

Be easy on yourself. Do what you can, let what you cannot do go. Try to leave work at work. I turn on happy music as soon as I get into the car. I'm trying to make sure I eat fruits & veggies daily, get in a little 10 minute workout (Richard Simmons on Youtube--makes me happy) when I can, deep breathing, talk positively to myself, stretch!! This year has been tough. I must admit I get home and collapse on the couch. Dinners have been very basic. My house is a mess. It is what it is.

SchoolNurseK, BSN, RN · Sep 24, 2020

7 minutes ago, BrisketRN said:

This year has been tough. I must admit I get home and collapse on the couch. Dinners have been very basic. My house is a mess. It is what it is.

Me too. Seeing fewer kids, yet so exhausted.

Flare, ASN, BSN · Sep 24, 2020

I feel like this weekend (nothing scheduled! yay!!) that I'll be able to clean the house!! I keep thinking about doing the meal prep on Sundays thing, but honestly, I can't wrap my head around that right now. I want a nap!