Survived September - sorta

Well end of September swoops in tomorrow and then I officially can say I made it through the first month of work.

'Made it' is very very loosely used.

By the skin of  my teeth, is more fitting.

The primary symptoms of colitis are still at bay, so still remission, for now. That is very good news. A secondary symptom of colitis is fatigue. It is alive and well in my word right now. My day consists of rolling out of bed, subconsciously counting the hours til I am done work and can sleep again. I give everything I have at work - have to this year, or I'd be eaten alive with this group.  then I come home to crash on the couch, totally energy depleted. I nap then scramble for supper, then nap again til bedtime.

It goes without saying that I will not be able to keep this up without hacking into additional energy.

How does it affect my world?

I am hard pressed to just get dishes done and a load or two of laundry. There is no meal planning. There is no budget consciousness. There is no blogging. I mean, I got paid on Tuesday and I didn't even take my jar money out yet, but I did charge on my CC for groceries. There is money for that, but it will eat at the accelerated LOC payments.

My school children get all I have. My own children get dregs of leftovers. Not that they are round a lot. DS1's hockey schedule is crazy busy. It is considered a full time job in the Junior A league. He is taking only  a half load at school. Thank goodness he has pretty much all he needs to graduate and a few college entry level courses. DS2 is busy too. He took over DS1's dishwashing job. We have to decide if DS2 can handle it or not. It does eat into his time 3 nights a week and sometimes a fourth or fifth night.

To make it interesting I decided to pick up a great head and chest cold last Saturday. I should buy stock in Kleenex and Nyquil.

I am hoping for some rest this weekend and some time to create a plan to get my world back on track before I start to accumulate debt.

It's been a beautiful September, with lovely weather. That part adds a great bright spot to my spirit.  Happy Saturday!!

Source: http://shakingthemoneytree.blogspot.com/2012/09/survived-september-sorta.html

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