There’s a chill you get when the air-conditioning’s too cold. It’s an unnatural chill. When it’s cold out, the cold feels liberating; everything is crisp and fresh. Not so with the cold that comes with refrigeration. It chills to the core, as if the inside of your bones were ice-cold.
It lasted for hours even after I left the office. It’s been like this for a while, and it drains me. Tracing back, I think it comes from exhaustion - I had an extremely tight deadline moved back 4 months. While the extra time was welcome, it felt like having a sprint turned into a marathon just before the finish line. There’s little left in the tank but a whole long way to go.
The ball game’s different when things are for the long haul. Where the other cogs I needed to get in place were once responsive, the time extension has put everything in a freeze. The sense of urgency is gone. The adrenaline rush has worn out. The river turns into a glacier.
Cold. I feel cold.
Sounds like you need a break to recharge your batteries. Can you take a day or two off?
Gosh, sorry about the exhaustion. By the way, you may want to get your thyroid levels checked again. It may have changed recently, hence you feel cold. Just a thought.
Thanks mis_nomer. Doubt it’s thyroid again, unless it’s hypo this time, but you’re right, I should go check it out.
Of course, there’s also this thing about the office air-conditioning getting really cold when it rains.