Daily writing prompt

What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why?

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I’m tired.

I start Stardew Valley, and the by the time I’ve completed a day the guilt sets in, and I remember the thousands upon thousands of pounds on my back, the responsibility to move, to get up, to make money or at least clean. To cook dinner, to sit down again, to write something, to do the dishes, to work, to make money, to work, to bring something to the table, literally, financially, go grocery shopping, but get paid to do it.

My husband is not the one who says this, but I hear it in his voice. He worked alone for a good two years while I whittled away my pandemic unemployment, and then did nothing. Didn’t even really write. Just went to meetings, ate well, exercised, you know, took care of myself. What a waste.

I’m tired.

I don’t have all my teeth. I’ve implied as much in other things, but you’ll hear it from me now: some are missing. If I worked harder, did better, wasn’t an addict or a depressive from the get go, maybe I’d deserve teeth, but I don’t.

Woe, woe is me, what am I doing! I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE, WHY WOULD I EVER EVEN WRITE THIS DOWN WHEN I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING, ANYTHING, TO PACK INTO THE STREAM OF LIFE

i’m tired.