Week 38

 It's been an up and down week, ending on the down side unfortunately.

 Even on my good days, I'm crashing pretty hard in the afternoons. I actually fell asleep on an hour or so on Monday afternoon, without really meaning to. Other days of the week have been a juggling act of stress and exhaustion.

 The work thing... well, that's up and down too. I met with the Director of HR about my complaints. He seemed like a pretty decent fellow, took the time to listen and agreed that the things I was objecting to were not OK. Said he would help. Unfortunately, what followed was HR and the ADA people continuing to not know up from down. Bad news for them... I'm perfectly comfortable reaching out to the HR director now.

 The other big stressor involved Juno leaving for two nights to attend a weekend conference-like thing. That totally stressed me out. It's not comfortably to realize that, when push comes to shove, one can't actually cook a meal after about 11:30 AM... which makes lunch and dinner a problem, especially when you include feeding the teenager. We ended up getting lots of take out just before she left, so we could have leftovers.

 Unfortunately (I'm using that word a lot, aren't I... kind of theme), the leftover thing didn't work well for the teenager. Most of the week, his health was good and he seemed to have recovered from his illness. Saturday (naturally well after Juno was well and truly gone) he had a major relapse. I'm not sure if it was the leftover pizza or him staying up for about 36 hours straight playing video games or just the gods being in a wicked mood... but he's been pretty wretched.

 I ended up sitting up with him for a couple of hours last night, between midnight and 2:00 am. I expect I feel that soon. He's been resting all today. I sincerely hope that helps him bounce back. I'm recommending no more pizza. I'd also say no more marathon video gaming sessions but who am I kidding. I can't control him... never could anyway.

 All in all, between stress, work and life my own recovery remains stalled. Part of me is still wondering if going back to work was a bad idea... but the damn bills don't care.