Headaches

Blistering headache to end the workday. The bitter chill of the bike ride to the train station did it. I was optomistic that the sun and building body heat would keep it from happening, but no. There is a steady breeze directly into my ears and I’m done for.

I’ve been doing strange stretches on the train to ease my neck. I’ve taken off my glasses because they have been pushing on my right ear and creating some pain. They are sitting on the seat next to me and I’m hoping that a sudden stop doesn’t fling them somewhere. I’m cautious about looking too far down in order to see the words well because the muscles just tense up and make it worse.

But as miserable as this is, I feel worse for my coworker. She’s burned out and wrung out. And in her case, the light at the end of the tunnel is approaching, but the fact that it is still some distance away makes it all the worse. It’s what I call No Man’s Land in projects. The bit of work that is a long slog just before the end. Way to far to abandon it. Not close enough to the end to consider what might come after. Work is not all of it either. There are personal constraints in the mix two. I imagine she is going home with a headache as well.