Mental Health Days....

[CarolAnnC]

...otherwise known as "If I don't get a day off I am going to lose my mind, quit my job and go nuts!!"

Took a mental health day, actually woke up with a headache, so the reason presented itself to me, lol.

Does anyone else ever feel the stress of life to the point where a day is needed to unwind? That feeling of reaching a melting point, needing to recoup and regenerate body and soul?

I will put my day to good use here, and wake up a much more renewed person tomorrow, ready to hit the road and face the rat race once again!!

Anyone else recharging out there today? LOL!!

 

[DonnaS]

Well it is National Headache Awareness Week.

DH recharged yesterday although he feels like he needs about 6 months.

 

[debster812]

I'm actually on a "Mental Health Week". Taking some accrued vaca time that I will lose if I don't use. DH is working, DS is in school. I am DISing to my heart's content, and watching bad bad daytime TV. Utter bliss. I've actually been outside, and staked the peonies so they don't collapse under their own weight.

 

[ILUVDXL]

I think Mental Health Days are the best kinds of days of. I always take 2 in a row so it doesn't look fishy.

 

[SnowAngel]

Can I have one? I'm not allowed any but that's not too bad since I lost my mind long ago. Can you have mental health if you have no mind?

 

[caitycaity]

Does anyone else ever feel the stress of life to the point where a day is needed to unwind? That feeling of reaching a melting point, needing to recoup and regenerate body and soul?

uh, yep -- all the time. though i'm to the point of needing a mental health month.

 

[TEENEE]

I could use more than one day. The company my brother works for gives them two mental health days per year in addition to vaca, sick and personal time.

 

[Towncrier]

As part of the deconstruction of our old church sanctuary, the call went out for volunteers to help load the old church pews onto a truck so that they could be hauled away and recycled. The truck was supposed to arrive at 8AM this morning, so I decided to drop by to see if I could lend a hand. I arrived only to find that the truck was late. It turns out that the truck would not be there until 10AM. So I was faced with a decision. Go to work and let the other guys load the truck. Or stay home and "telecommute" until 10AM. I decided to go back home and check my email and try to get some things done before 10AM. Afterall, how long could it take to load the truck.

To make a long story short, we were loading the truck until well past noon. In the pouring rain. With minimal damage to people and to the furniture. I suppose that I should not have helped as I am trying to heal my "tennis elbow". Lifting 11 foot long pews did not help.

So I find myself at work nearly 5 hours late. And thinking to myself that I should have taken a mental health day. Afterall, I have to pack for vacation since we leave next Thursday.

 

[FOJMO]

Nah! I need my sick days for when I'm really sick! In fact, all of my sick days are gone for this year (and have been since February - 10 days!).

Of course, I may feel differently about it if I still had 10 sick days at the end of the year... cause if you don't use 'em, you lose 'em!