Off Days

I always look forward to my off days from work because it is a time when I get to rest mentally and catch up on sleep that I have been lacking for the past week.

I've been on the job for six months now and working at odd hours and feeling jittery all the time in between can really tire our my brain. Normally, when I reach my off days, the last thing that I usually want to do is look at another blank screen and create something out of it.

Today feels a little different. Maybe it's one of those days when I'm suffering from a brainstorm of ideas, things to say and things to write about. It keeps me awake at night when I'm trying to sleep. I'm just a nightcrawler.

Every time when I'm having my off day, I just want to do the things that I've been wanting to do for the past week. Read a book, watch TV or movies, daydream, contemplate my current position in life and blah blah blah. But what I really want to do on my day off is sleep as much as I want and stay at home.

I don't mind the occasionally calls to go overtime especially if it's a big story so that I can stock up for those dry days. But if I had it my way, nothing beats curling up in bed till you wake up naturally and doing the things I love (or try to at least).

Everyone loves the weekend but Thursday nights and Fridays are my weekends. When everyone is just starting to have fun, my rest time has just ended. It's quite a sucky arrangement since I don't get to spend the time with friends but on the other hand, it's a good break from just meeting people for a while.

I need to recharge my batteries. Have a time when I can be left alone and just wander around in thought on days when I'm writing a post like this (I'm amazing myself at just how smoothly I'm typing this, I'd normally crack my head on the desk just to write my stories in the office).

Just living one day as myself and be free of the constraints and burden once a week.

And to top it off, today's off day is a nice, cosy rainy day when I'm not chasing down accidents (not today, at least).