Sleepy Binges
For the tired and sick among us
I was traveling earlier this week, and as soon as I came home, I realized that the cold/sore throat/cough I thought we had all gotten over never really left. I wrote earlier this week about how challenging it is to talk about these issues, and at this point, I feel like the broken record of sick and burnt out parents has just become, yet again, a public nuisance. But I am feeling it this week, along with the feeling of being overworked and underpaid.
I didn’t really binge anything good this week other than ibuprofen and cough drops, because I didn’t have time to actually take a beat. At night, I fell asleep to the premiere of Survivor and The Bachelor this week was terrible as usual.
BUT here are some things I will be indulging in over the weekend as I try to re-calibrate from this three-week illness lodged in my kids’ and my chests, and some good reads that got me through the week: