Good morning, doctor
It’s not that I hate my job, because I don’t. Really. I mean, of course I would be better off doing something else (like sleeping until midday, spending my afternoons between the library and the gym and my nights playing theremin and dancing around carelessly in nothing but my underwear, because one can dream), but I like doing what I do, even though I spend ten hours a day in a dark office without natural light, doing a bunch of stuff in a crappy old computer with an internet filter and getting an occasional papercut. Ok, I admit it sounds kind of dissatisfying, but I swear it isn’t. Unlike that other place, my boss appreciates what I do. My coworkers don’t hate me. I think they actually like me, or at least are good at acting as such.
It’s not like I hate my way of living, but damn, it takes just way too much time and effort not no let it fall apart, and I want a lot more than that. I want to make it better, and I have strived to do just that, but currently it’s just not possible. Maybe if I had more time. Maybe if I earned more money.
It’s not like I hate being alone. As a matter of fact, I’ve designed this stage of my life to be exactly this way, because people are always such a distraction and I want to concentrate on myself and nothing else. But I long for the people I used to talk to, the purposeless gatherings we used to have and the occasional phone calls that assured me that I still mattered to someone. And now all these people are gone, I don’t really have anyone to talk to and the only calls I get now are from guys who just want to check if there is available space inside my pants, nothing else. I wonder what happened to everyone who cared. If they ever did. Did they ever? Doesn’t matter, anyway. It’s not like I have time to go out with them or to invite them over for tea. Also, I ran out of tea and can’t afford another bag at the moment.
I guess that’s it for today. Thank you, doctor, see you next time.
