Ladies I'm a mess this morning...
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Ladies I'm a mess this morning...
| Tue, 08-26-2003 - 8:34am |
It was a very overwhelming day yesterday. First day back after vacation and was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of work accumulated on my desk and by 2PM I was ready to go home and take a nap.I had hot flashes so bad at work yesterday that I was sitting fanning myself to try to cool off, how embarrasing is that? FIL did indeed have a stroke and has considerable weakness on his left side. He got so ornery yesterday afternoon that they had to sedate him in order to be able to do a 2nd CAT scan. DH couldn't go up there as he hadn't been placed in a room as of yet.This whole situation is going to be a real difficult problem. But that's a whole other story. We ended up with take out for dinner that as I had to go pick up the new car and we didn't know whether we would be driving into the hospital last night. Poor Otto never got out for his walk and neither did I. I can see where trying to get in a workout after work will probably be impossible. Things are already turning into a mess around here. Everyone is at work and the mess just continues to build. I couldn't get to sleep last night and spent the time I did sleep tossing and turning. DH is going back into his phase that because we moved he has "abandoned" his family. We're only 1/2 hour away but we used to live 5 minutes away. He gets into these phases and gets very snappy, especially with the kids. Meanwhile younger DD is really down in the dumps. She can't find a job anywhere, not in NY, not in Massachusetts where she would like to relocate. She's either told she has no experience or the job has already been filled. There is a lot of friction between herself and her sister and that doesn't help the situation either. She went back to work at the camera store where she's worked since high school and absolutely hates it there. They have had a number of items stolen from the store and they're pretty sure that it's someone within the store that's stealing the items. She had to be questioned by a loss prevention person yesterday and I'm sure you can imagine it was not a very pleasant experience. Her boyfriend is 2 1/2 hours away in Massachusetts and although they try to see each other every 2 weeks it makes it difficult for them both. After what I thought was a relaxing weekend I feel like I'm falling apart-I'm feeling jittery this morning, hormonally challenged. Then to top off how I feel about myself I was rummaging through my closet looking for something different to wear and picked out a dress I haven't worn in some time. I took one look at myself and wondered what exactly I've done for myself this past year and it sure didn't look like much. Needless to say the dress came off and had to find something that didn't make me look like a stuffed sausage.
Phyllis had such a great upbeat post this morning but I'm feeling anything but upbeat this morning.
Thanks for bearing with me in my tale of woe. Hopefully the day will be better and my favorite person will stay out of my way at work!
Susan

Hope things get better for you all and that dd gets a job soon - she deserves a good one after all of her hard work at school!
Hugs,
Kat
What a rough time you're having. I'm so sorry about your FIL. Sometimes it seems like everything is happening at once and there's nothing you can do about it. I know it's hard, but try to find even a few minutes in the melee for yourself. You and your family are in my thoughts today.
Lori
Lori
Shar
(((((HUGS)))))
Deb
Debbie
Miss P
Hugs,
Rhonda
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Thinking about you and your family. I think it's pretty normal for chlidren to have lots of guilt as their parents get older and develop medical problems.
Is DD living at home? If so, maybe she should sit back and reevaluate what she's doing and take some time to do some volunteer work or something. Not a long break...just a breather, a relook at what all is going on with jobs and what she is applying for, etc. If she's NOT living at home...I'll pray harder!
Hugs.
Sassy