An Unexpected Day Off

Last night, the Sunday blues were especially hard. I'm not sure why, I'm not dreading anything at work this week, but I just felt my mood shift. I went to bed early and slept through the night, but when I woke up this morning I felt like I hadn't slept a wink. I brushed my teeth and stood staring at the mirror when finally I said, "Fuck it. I'm going back to bed." So, I fired off a quick email to my boss and back to sleep I went.

I'd be lying if I said I felt better after my extra sleep, but I'm glad I've taken the day to relax and hopefully get my head in a better space.

A few random thoughts on this Monday:

• The new American Gladiators is bad. I mean, I didn't feel great after they delayed it a year and barely marketed it, but its so much worse than I could have ever imagined, which is a shame because the UK version is great.
• I fell down a rabbit hole of sleazy independent horror films on Tubi this weekend, which led me to discovering some filmmakers who make micro budget pictures but put effort into their scripts, sound mixing, and lighting. I honestly didn't know that existed.
• I started watching From and wow is it good. I was hesitant to give it a shot considering it was airing on Epix/MGM+ and I figured it might be cancelled before giving any resolution to the mystery, but after they announced a fifth and final season I decided to give it a try and I'm so glad I did.
• My hosting account expires on May 19th. That means I need to get to work on porting over my old posts to Scribbles sooner rather than later. I've also decided to let all my other domains expire with exception to brandons-journal.com.
• I replaced my cheap Filtrete air purifiers with a couple of Lenovit LV-H133 that Woot had on sale for $77. Despite being about three feet tall, Amazon shipped them in boxes that were the size of a coffin which startled the hell out of me when I opened the door. But these have been an amazing purchase. They are quieter and work so much better. They also have a sensor that detects when your air quality is bad. The other night my cat took a dump in the litter box and I laughed till I cried when I saw the sensor ring turn from blue to red and the fans kicked on high to clean the air and remove the smell.

Well, I'm off to try and find something to watch or play for the rest of the day. I hope everyone has a nice Monday.