Wiped Out

I am regrettably feeling wholly wiped out and it is only 9:30am.  It is more emotional rather than physical, even though I do not feel up-to-snuff physically either (sore muscles, TMJ, very itchy, dry skin from winter).  

I know a lot of the emotional malaise is just part of the recovery from the month-long anxiety about my wife.  She has been doing well in physical therapy, though, so that is good.  So much worry, stress, and anxiety occurred during that month-long process that we both squelched, that now that she is on the road to mend, as the stress dissipates and we work to resume normal day-to-day life.... we both feel more exhausted.  In many ways, the stress forces a "reset" where we have to pick up a lot of pieces of a disrupted routine and work to re-establish them..... which can be exhausting when you have to try to "catch up" on things that did not get done.  

We had a "teaser" of Spring on Sunday and Monday with temperatures in the 50s.  But, last night, temperatures plunged back down to gloomy winter and we had thunderstorms and ice storms.  Our region also had quarter sized hail around 11pm last night, and this morning, ice covered everything.  Fortunately, it was only a little less than 1/4 inch of ice, so it will likely break and melt apart today as we are anticipated to at least get up to 37-38 degrees.  

I feel very old today.  I feel very worn out.  I need to figure out a way to turn around my mindset.  It is, however, hard to figure out how to do this some days..... and today it feels like an exceptionally daunting task.  

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