Anyone else having a bit of an energy dip tonight? Hoping TDS

[NRaleighLiberal]

will fire me up again. The whole hypocrisy/bullshit/lies/spin cycle is thoroughly exhausting, and I have to admit to being really drained right now....also notice that the general mood/energy at DU overall is similar...how are people doing out there???

[kittenpants]

1. I'm a little down too.

I have cycles of being outraged at * and then being sad at what's going on in the world. Right now I'm too tired to be outraged and just sorry for the mess in NO.

[Dem Agog]

2. I'm VERY drained...

Had words with my bro and pretty much disowned him tonight. He kept spamming me with right wing bullshit, so I finally had to send him an email telling him I was blocking all future e-mails, and I copied some stuff I googled back when I was trying to find his phone number once (ironically to wish him a happy birthday, a year ago)... I found that someone put up a petition against my own brother at petitiononline.com because he was racist and criminally harassing people online.

I basically said, "I asked you to leave me alone nicely. You haven't. Dad and Mom would sure be embarrassed and disgusted if they saw you calling people "sand n****ers" as you did here (including a link) and frankly you're a nutball and need psychiatric help. Now LEAVE ME ALONE!"

So I'm hoping he does leave me alone this time. Meanwhile I've cried a lot today. I've lost him as a family member --- well really today was acknowledging that lost. He's been a racist, hateful, intolerant bigot for years... and fairly psychotic/stalkerish for a year at least... I just hate to lose my last sibling like that.

I'm tired, but wired, and sad.

[Oilwellian]

3. Totally exhausted as well

The hubster and I are both exhausted. He was born and raised in Slidell and I lived there and in New Orleans for many years. We're both just devastated to see our old stomping grounds totally destroyed. Most of my husband's co-workers are rightwingers and know not to talk to him about what's happened. They know he's about to blow a gasket and none of them are willing to test his tolerance of their bullshit at this point.

[blue sky at night]

4. Good point.......

it is not often that I struggle to have the energy to partake in the back and forth of posting, responding, checking links, etc. This keeping up with current events is "Hard Work". We are all burned out because of the intensity of the last forty or so days since the Girls came a knockin...you know, Cindy and Katrina! Wouldn't it be fitting that two Women; one little, one big, could bring down this Monster of a Regime. The other thing is the General Sadness that has overtaken our Country, it can really wear you down...imagine how the victims feel.

[smurfygirl]

5. beyond exhausted. running on nicotine and

anger, lots of anger

[In Truth We Trust]

6. Still enraged, but thats nothing new. Frankly it's a condition I've had

since December 2000.

[AlCzervik]

7. i'm so pissed off right now!! I'm already having trouble sleeping

to be honest.

[Lindsay]

8. I think a lot of us are exhausted.

This has been a very draining week and a half. I think we need to take a break - not all at the same time, like the stupid (mal)administration, but as we can.

Part of me keeps saying, "The survivors are not getting a break," but the other part knows that's not constructive.

So after you've done what you can for others, do what you can for yourself. Have a healthy meal, do something you enjoy (listen to music or watch a DVD or take a long walk or whatever), get some sleep and return to the good fight rested and refreshed.

Love you all.

[MO_Dem]

9. Depressed last night

today back and forth between anger and depression. I keep telling myself to put on some good music and lose myself in it for awhile, but it just takes too much energy.

[titoresque]

10. took a nap everyday this

week except today........I pushed myself to stay awake. I usually burn out once every other week and take a nap, but this week has been exhausting! Am fighting depression........went out and did a little yard work yesterday to get me out of the mood setting in. For me a little nature always helps.....even if it's in my own backyard.

[progressivebydesign]

11. Thought it was just me.. I've been low energy all day and yesterday.

I think I'm on overload with all the misery and hypocrisy this week. Decided to bake some bread tonight... the old fashion way, and it's taken out a lot of stress. However, I just felt a big puddle of canola oil on my keyboard. Shit!

[justabob]

12. I don't go to sleep, I collapse for a few hours

This has been an incredibly exhausting ten days on top of five years of incessant bullshit. I am glad that there have been so many stories of friends, family members and neighbors finally seeing the light about our current government and its priorities. I take some comfort in that, but there is still a long way to go.

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. Just had me a big piece of watermelon, watching Daily Show - found some

energy again. Mostly, I am finding it from ALL OF YOU. This has been major therapy for me - I've gone from around 200 to nearly 800 posts since Katrina hit....so much that seemed significant prior to this now seems much less significant - esp. work! What is important is my wife, my pets, my daughters, and OUR COUNTRY, WHICH WE NEED TO TAKE BACK!

Thanks to you all for your posts, humor, anger, passion, creativity, for being there. It's going to be a long, long ride....looking forward to riding it with you all.