i have a part time job... with every other day off... and shorter (six hour) shifts... so when i'm not well, i can usually pull it together long enough to get through the shift... and then when i'm not working, i recover... sometimes i even wonder where the time goes when i'm not working... it's not hobbies.. it's not anything tangible... sometimes it really is just allowing my brain to recover from having lived a day out in society.... and even though logically i know that's what i need... it drives me nuts that i have to do that... i so much want to be that 32 year old who has a full time job, and has her own place, pays her own bills... has a life... just like the majority of the population... has so much on their plate that they'd kill to have every other day off... *sigh* but yeah, as of right now... i have limitations that (whether i like them or not) i have no control over... and to be honest, it's absolutely exasperating sometimes...