Currently listening to: Ring – Selena Gomez
Yeah, I received your message, all twenty-three (Twenty-three)
You know I’m Jordan with it, G-O-A-T (G-O-A-T)
Obviously, you know I’m aware of that
I’m breaking hearts like a heart attack
I got him right where the karats at
What is something that drains your energy?
Prompt snagged from: TCMC
There are so many things that drain me:
- First and foremost, the monthly woman disease, specifically, days two and three. My hemoglobin count is sitting at 8.4 g/dL, which is below the normal range of 12.0–15.5 g/dL for women. I’ve tried nearly every form of birth control short of a hysterectomy, which still feels like an extreme last resort. I’ve asked for an iron infusion, but I keep getting told I have to wait until I dip below 8.0. In the meantime, I take my supplements and vitamins religiously, knowing full well my levels would probably be worse without them. When I was in France, Bootie Pie insisted I eat pâté daily — it helped, but I could only stomach so much. I switched gears and tried going vegan for a while, packing in leafy greens and black beans, but it ended up making numbers worse.
- The heat also completely zaps me — especially humid heat. Texas was brutal. I remember being broke and my car would overheat often, so I’d have to crank the heater on just to keep the engine cool enough to drive home. I was drenched and miserable. The Maldives was bearable only because we were in the ocean, the pool, or directly under an AC unit.
- Then there are hyper-talkative people. I grew up in a quiet household, so when someone’s speaking a mile a minute, I get overwhelmed. I once had a patient in a full manic episode who was bouncing between topics like a pinball and talking fast and furious. I did my best to follow, but after 15 minutes of nonstop talking, my brain was fried from all the nonstop cognitive switching. Same with babysitting. I watched three of my friends’ kids for ten hours and as soon as they picked them up, I collapsed and took a nap. Parents, I bow down to you — I can handle one or two kids, but three? At the same time? Fuck no. I’m not built for that.
- Flour tortillas also knock me out. I don’t know if it’s the exorbitant number of carbs it possesses, but they hit me like a tranquilizer. There are other carbs that make me sluggish, but none that take me out like tortillas. I need to stay away from gluten.
- And lastly, people who play mind games. It’s not just annoying — it’s extremely tiresome. Having to constantly read between the lines, decode intentions, and stay two steps ahead? That takes real mental bandwidth that I don’t want to use for such things.
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