Last night we slept so badly that Annabel put hairspray under her arms and Emilie put her contact lenses in twice. This week the podcast is dedicated to the recognition that so many of us are so exhausted. How many times - today - have you thought ‘I am so tired’? Did you wake up thinking, ‘I am so tired’? Did you spend ten minutes sitting on the side of the bed, wrapped in a towel, staring at the wall, thinking, ‘How am I going to manage?’ Did you think, just as you woke up, ‘I can’t wait to go to bed tonight’? And then, when you have finally limped to the end of the day, you are so adrenalised and panicked that a weird, exhausted, busy-ness kicks in. Let’s not call it a second wind because that would imply something useful. You feel compelled to find your passport, attack your chin hairs, buy a phone charger, research pensions, check your breasts, apply eye/neck/hand/foot creme (thanks again, the patriarchy), death/burglar proof the house, try on your entire wardrobe (now you hate clothes, self and everyone else)…GAH. The only consolation? We are not alone….Listen and weep (or sleep).

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