Life Is So Very Exhausting

Darrin Atkins
3 min readDec 6, 2023

Are we even getting close to the weekend?

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I can’t even believe the day I had recently.

First, the darn internet was slow and that caused my applications to freeze up. I tried to just close out certain programs but that didn’t work so I had to shut the whole computer down and start over. Then of course I had to enter all of my passwords again. Come on, work with me.

Next, it was freezing cold and I could not get warm. It turns out that somebody had opened two windows recently when they were cleaning. (I’m not saying who it was!) So I closed them right away and asked myself, “I wonder how much money was wasted this week.”

Third, in the evening I completely forgot my own rule about not driving down the main street in my town because the traffic is so horrendous. “How could you forget this?" I said as I tapped the steering wheel. Plus, why is that white van in front of me so crazy tall? I can’t see anything at all anywhere. What kind of madness is this?

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Next, the repair person stopped by and said that our problem appliance is completely worn out and everything needs to be replaced right away. “Really?" Yep, of course, and he…

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