Tasseomancy

I realize that even though I have been getting some important things done, I haven't been getting a lot done.

I have tasks for this weekend.
1) Laundry
2) Party
3) Boardgames
4) Visit Nana

And these are my bare minimum obligations.

Then I also need to find time to go out to my Sanctuary and enjoy a good cup of tea.

I've been incredibly ill for the last couple days. I was exposed to some harsh chemicals and a fairly intense allergen of mine.

I'm very self conscious about my looks. The fact that having that Lavender stuff spritzed on me has caused my face to break out in a horrible rash makes me want to stay home from work.

I've been really thin skinned lately. I'm not Superman- my pain tolerance isn't anything to write home about- but little things, like accidentally hitting my thumb as I sealed a tin of paint and stepping on an outlet cord made me almost fall over and cry.

It's all the little things adding up.

I need some time to recharge. I just don't know when that is going to happen.

Luckily, I have two wonderful things going for me off the top of my head.

First- I had some amazing support at work lately. One of the department heads from another division sent out an email to the upper management praising my work. She even bought me ice cream. This of course prompted all of my department heads to give me some major props. Heck- my bosses boss even used me as an example in a meeting as to how people should be interacting with others while at work.

Second- When I did hurt myself, I managed to slink to my bed. I heard pounding out in the other room. My husband sealed the paint can then came in to check on me. He examined my thumb, then tenderly cleaned the broken skin and applied a bandage. He followed up with a very soft, very sweet kiss.

Everybody breaks sometime.
When I started this post, I set my mood to irritable. I changed it to grateful for obvious reasons.