just a rough week, i guess

Hatchling SunnyDay · 2026.04.25 · Views 21 · Likes 0

third night this week I’ve woken up around 3am scratching before I even realize what’s happening. by the time I’m actually awake my arm already feels raw in spots.

not looking for tips on this one, just tired. ran the shop alone today on maybe four hours of broken sleep and definitly shortchanged a customer by accident (caught it, but still felt bad).

tried to practice guitar for twenty minutes before bed, thinking it might relax me. barely got through one song before I was rubbing my elbow instead of the strings.

also opened my budget spreadsheet for the first time in three weeks and closed it right back up. not today.

anyone else get like this, where the tired just piles up and everything feels a little harder than it should.

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SunKissedSoul04.25
the 3am scratching before you even know what’s happening hit me a few times last month too, waking up already mid-scratch is such a specific kind of tired that’s hard to explain to anyone who hasn’t had it. running the shop alone on four hours of sleep and still catching your own mistake says a lot, most people wouldn’t have caught it that day.
SunKissedSoul04.27
the 3am thing hits hard, I’ve had stretches where it’s two or three nights a week for about six weeks straight, and by the fourth night in a row you stop even registering you’re doing it until your fingers are already there.