this week takes the cake

It's gotta be a full moon, right?

1. Mac has a corneal ulcer.  It started in December, we've been trying to treat it through our vet for the past few weeks, and now we're waiting to see the veterinary ophthalmologist on Tuesday.

2. Earlier this week Mike wasn't sleeping well and had some daytime episodes of very high pulse and blood pressure. This worries me.

3. On Tuesday I had a tough meeting at work due to an ongoing coworker issue.

4. On Wednesday I had an even worse meeting with said coworker. (At least my boss is very supportive of me through all this, but it's still really hard!!)

5. On Wednesday I found out that my mom had a bad fall, but my dad just told in his typically joking way. Working in rehab, my mind immediately went to all the terrible causes and sequelae of falls. Thankfully, I seem to have been catastrophizing and she really does "only" have the fattest lip I've ever seen on anyone ever. (I'll spare her the indignity of posting the picture here.)

6. On Wednesday Mike found out that his sister was in the hospital, but didn't know why. Several frantic emails between family members later, we found out that she has pancreatitis due to gall stones. I visited her in the hospital last night (Friday) - she is still having trouble with pain control, and still unable to even drink anything (much less eat anything). Sounds like she'll be in the hospital at least a couple more days.

7.  In late November my beloved mentor/friend/former boss at TEP (Joan Caillier) went on hospice. She posted her last caring bridge update in late December. In mid-January her sister posted another update, and I told Mike that I doubted she would live through the end of the month. Then on 1/20 her sister posted again and I thought her end might be very near. She died late that night, and I found out first thing on Thurs morning.  I wrote a long tribute to her in my journal, but my heart still has an aching hole knowing that she is actually gone.

The last two nights I've crashed at 8pm and slept horribly. I finally just got up this morning at 4:30am since I wasn't rested anyway. I'm hoping to get the work done now that I need to do this weekend, so then I can finally just concentrate on taking care of myself. This week has been a doozy! I'm ready for some TLC for myself once I get these last five notes written for work...