Ok folks, help me out.  This week is the beginning of my OT.  I get up at 4 am from Monday to Friday.  On these days I take care of the animals, put on make up and get my stuff together and then I leave for work at 5:15.  I work until 3 pm and come home, arriving back at 4:15.  I look after than animals (feeding, poop scooping, kitty litter and such) until 4:45.  I then cook dinner and spend an hour cleaning the house.  Then I work on my home computer until 8 pm at which point I go to bed (that gives me 8 hours to sleep). 

Friday at 2 am I woke up to the real Joeydog crying. I thought he needed to go out. He could not get up.  I had to carry him outside, hold him while he did his thing and then carry him back up the stairs.  I started working at home on the work supplied computer at 3 am.  I put him up on the bed with me.  He needs a medication that I have not used before because it would compromise his already compromised liver and kideys.  At this point it is the lesser of two evils.  I put him to sleep (known as a PTS in my world) for the pain now  or I give him 2-4 more good months with meds that will take away the pain but will kill his aforementioned organs after that time period.  I put in a call to my vet asking them to advise me and supply the meds.  I worked through until 4 pm with no call from the vet.  I called the vet office at 3:55 before they closed at 4 and was assured the vet would call me.  Well, it is 3:30 am Saturday night...or Sunday morning and no word yet.

Sat morning (this morning for me), I got up at 6 am (alarm and all) and did house cleaning, then left the house at 7:45 and drove to the grocery store and did groceries, then I went and had my hair trimmed and colored (and while I waited for my hair to 'cook' I took my work laptop in and did work for an hour.  Then I went for lunch with the folks as my cousin (remember, from England and working in the US for 3 months) was up.   Cousin wanted him and I to go out alone tonight so I flew home, cooked up 24 meals, washed the dog bedding and my bedding, did the ironing and set out 3 hours from the time I got home.  Cousin and I went into the city (60 minute drive) did a site seeing tour, had dinner and I got home at 10:30 pm at which point I folded laundry, packed and froze the 24 meals I made, finished up the ironing, vaccumed the house, cleaned my kitchen, had a quick shower and now, here I am at 3:30 am.

So, what do I want help with?  Well, when I spoke with my boss on Friday at 4 I questioned my vet not getting back to me.  She said that the vet had not because my vet "had a life".  These words have haunted me since she said them.  I mean, when the alarm went off at 6 this morning...that was all I could think about...other than the fact the night went by too fast.  Does she mean I am too demanding or that I don't have a life because I am too busy trying to be...perhaps perfect?  Or does she mean both?  Ugh.  I honestly don't know how people fit everything in.  I just can't and yet all my friends tell me I must have an invisible twin in my life since I do 2 peoples work in a day.  Am I totally screwed up?  Why can't I run my house, my work and my animals and have any time left over for a life?  What am I doing wrong here?

Well, 3:43 am and I have to sleep now.  Alarm set for 7 am so I can get tomorrow's jobs done before I start the week again.

Oh, go figure, still neglecting all your journals.  Done it so long, I don't even get emails telling me you have posted something.  How pathetic is that!!!

JD

Hang in there!  And I hope your feeling better!

Hey,

Thanx for the support LD and Lisabelle.  Not much new to tell.  Still doing the same things as written before.

One of my male friends (and his wife) came out this weekend to take some of the wood I chainsawed in the spring and he was kind enough to do my eve troughs (ok, spelt wrong but you get the idea).  Phew, I just CANNOT do heights!!!  I think I manage pretty well out here, but I am still a woman who cannot do all!!!  I work with both parties of the marriage and the wife told me I can borrow her hubby for things like that anytime.  It is good to have friends!!!  The hubby (I am not using initials because they have the same initials) and I are closer than wife and I...but that is only because I have known him longer.  I met her 2 years ago (they were not married then but were engaged) when they came out for wood and then she started working with us about 1.5 years ago so I started to get to know her.  I have known him for 5 years now.

I colleague of mine has hair down to her butt.  I can't say it was the healthiest I have ever seen...but it was that long.  She cut it all off 2 weeks ago.  It turns out it is because she has breast cancer and she has to do chemo.  I have seen a link here where people disagree with hair donations.  Imagine how she feels right now.  Darn, I wish that my hair was suitable for donation.  Sadly, it is not, nor is it long enough.  Perhaps she donated her own.  Her prognosis is good.  I keep her in my thoughts.  She is a not what I would call a friend...but working in a place with 1000 people, you can't get to know everyone well enough to be friends.  I know her to work with her, but not as a friend if you see what I mean.  I do like what I know of her.

Hair:  well, it seems healthy.  I have not measured it since my trim.  I guess it is mid-November and I should do.  Perhaps I will get it done this week.  I put the measure in my purse but I often forget to ask one of my friends to do it once I get into my work in the morning.  I am in at 6:30 and the next person arrives at 8 that I would ask...so by then it is far from my mind. 

On that note, I have to shower.  I have 90minutes until bed and it will not dry in that time.  The drier the better though.

LOL, this is the only place I know where I can say I have to go wash my hair and nobody will take offense.  I will try to do other people's journals soon.  The next week is hell.  After that, some outside of work things will lay off.  The OT will go on for a few months though.

JD

Hi there!  Nice to hear from you!

I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a merry Christmas...or what ever you might celebrate at this time of year.  I hope to catch up with you in the New Year.  Take care all,

JD

Happy Yule and Merry Christmas to you too, Joeydog. *hug* I hope things calm down for you in the new year.