Eh.

Tired. Although now, at least, I've had my bone-deep, eternally felt exhaustion confirmed by modern science/my fancy new doctor.

Also, I have a mild ear infection.

According to the Doc, the ear infection is basically a non-starter and should clear up in a day or two; the *exhaustion* thing though (if left untreated) could cause "stuttering, memory loss, angina, twitching, acne, excessive appetite, loss of appetite, digestive problems, hallucinations," etc., etc. the list literally goes on and on. She also informed me that "I'm not as young as i used to be" [shock! and a little weird that such a young doctor would feel the need to resort to that kind of cliche...] and that I "cannot expect to continue racing along at the same breakneck speed as I have been with out feeling the cumulative, system-wide effects of extreme stress-exhaustion!" then she got all stern with me and asked me what i intended to do about it. Admittedly i was at a slight loss given the sheer enormity of The List, however, also given that my pal A-Tail totally nailed this as my particular ailment days before the doc ever got a hold of me, I was able to point to a few things i've been trying to incorporate in terms of de-stressing my everyday world/my newly minted plans for getting sleep on a semi-regular basis and she seemed (somewhat) satisfied. She also took my blood pressure again and let me know i'm pretty calm for a stressed-out person which made me feel oddly happy/superior!