pancakes, tacks, cowpat, block of, tire, out, like a lizard drinking,

[mrsbrown]

When we're feeling a bit down we are "flat as a tack".

but when we squash something, we squash it "flat as a pancake"

Which is flatter? and why do I feel like crap today?

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I wrote that at work and then decided it was time to get some exercise (hoping to make me feel better). It was raining so I walked home instead of cycling.

The walk included several pauses to take metaphorical breath and make myself keep walking despite the wave of despair.

Now I'm home and the bustle of the evening routine means there is no space to tell anyone, except the world, how crap I'm feeling.

Current theories on my emotional state:

- lack of some vitamin (not iron; steak for dinner last night and mandarins for arvo tea for the last week, maybe B6)
- menstruation
- lack of exercise
- lack of sleep
- stress
- lack of progress