as experienced by Indi, at Whoa Hi Hot Doctors Hospital
1. Denial. "I had a good night's sleep, I'll be fine."
2. Anger. "Why didn't I get more fucking coffee? Why don't they have La-Z-Boys? I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE. I'M NOT EVEN THE GODDAMN PATIENT."
3. Bargaining. "Maybe if I put this stolen pillow under my butt and scootch the other chair so that my legs are on it my back won't hurt. Maybe if I wrap myself up into a little blanket burrito on top of my precarious arrangement of chairs, I won't be cold. Maybe that fucking machine will stop going ping."
4. Depression. "I am never going to sleep again, my spine has calcified into something resembling a bony plank, and I am going to spend the rest of my very stiff and wakeful life watching some dimwad on CNN while a loud electronic machine goes ping."
5. Acceptance. "If I wasn't so tired I might give a fuck about how tired I am."
Then I came home and made a sandwich and had to stare at it for a while to get up the energy to eat it, while Riley happily informed me that I WILL EAT THAT IF YOU DOESN'T WANTS BOSS. Good dog. Back the fuck offa my sandwich.
1. Denial. "I had a good night's sleep, I'll be fine."
2. Anger. "Why didn't I get more fucking coffee? Why don't they have La-Z-Boys? I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE. I'M NOT EVEN THE GODDAMN PATIENT."
3. Bargaining. "Maybe if I put this stolen pillow under my butt and scootch the other chair so that my legs are on it my back won't hurt. Maybe if I wrap myself up into a little blanket burrito on top of my precarious arrangement of chairs, I won't be cold. Maybe that fucking machine will stop going ping."
4. Depression. "I am never going to sleep again, my spine has calcified into something resembling a bony plank, and I am going to spend the rest of my very stiff and wakeful life watching some dimwad on CNN while a loud electronic machine goes ping."
5. Acceptance. "If I wasn't so tired I might give a fuck about how tired I am."
Then I came home and made a sandwich and had to stare at it for a while to get up the energy to eat it, while Riley happily informed me that I WILL EAT THAT IF YOU DOESN'T WANTS BOSS. Good dog. Back the fuck offa my sandwich.