I'm torn, because I really, *really* need a mental health day but am worried about the optics of calling in sick tomorrow on the same day that my contact will be checking to see if they have openings at a different location, who would likely reach out to my store (and discover the prospective employee is simultaneously out sick).
Today reminded me how little control I have over my emotional dysregulation.. at the same time I've exhausted even my emergency ehhh-there's-a-tiny-puff-left-before-the-cartridge-burns stash of medicinal cannabis. My partner's beginning to run low on his supplies as well.
The cherry on top is that if I *do* call in sick for my own sanity tomorrow I risk losing our motel room because I can't do a pay advance on sick leave.
In a matter of a few days work went from mildly tolerable to downright miserable. I'm so emotionally and physically fatigued. All for the staggeringly lucrative $16/hour.
I'm so fucking tired of being a leech to the community. I'm so sick of knowing I'm a grown adult who can't take care of himself. I want so badly to get my shit together but I. just. can't.
I don't have the spoons to prove that I matter, which is apparently the only way to justify existing.
I'm so tired.
Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:
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