Tired

I am very tired. I do not know why. I just am.  I worked overtime last week. I have worked long hours this week. Is that why am so tired?   I work overtime and long hours a lot. 

I think a lot of it is emotional:  Last week was a very emotionally distressing week in the USA.  And I followed it closely on the news. I really do not watch the news much, but I watch it more than I used to, when I got the newspaper.  But even if I got the newspaper, I would have watched last week's events on TV anyway.  I can feel the emotional drainage from the horrible news of last week.

Also, we had a difficult situation at work.  Our supervisor is out sick, and her substitute, today admitted she did not know the rules about the situation, although common sense should have prevailed and did not. So, two of us were put on the spot about a situation over which we had no knowledge and control, but were being asked to be accountable for, because the leadership in our department was not present.

That is so distressing.  I think the situation is resolved. I hope so. We do not need additional distractions at work. We are short staffed as it is, and these distractions take time and energy away from the task at hand.