I have no idea why this is bothering me so much.

paperdol, I've had to draw those same lines with actual blood-related family members. Sometimes, you do it. It doesn't feel good but you have to.

It doesn't make you an asshole. It makes you a human being with finite physical, emotional and financial resources to spread around. Please to not be so hard on yourself for having the sense to know your limits.

My headache came knocking after the first cup of coffee this morning and hit full bore in the Sam's Club parking lot where I barfed loading the car. Then in the drive through at McDonald's picking up the kids chicken nuggets for dinner. What should I take after a couple of Excedrin? Maybe an ice pack on my neck?

Cashmere! No good. But you know that. If the idea of ice doesn't appall you, use it. Heat might work for you too--it's kinda weird that way. I'd just lie down in a quiet and dark place. Uh, with no kids, if that's an option.

So I'm pretty sure I read someplace that the sun puts out these weird rays on Friday afternoons that make it about impossible to get any work done so I shouldn't even try, right?

I so want a nap....

Uh, with no kids, if that's an option.

Not yet. DH won't be home for a few hours yet. I've got the lights off and the shades down. Kids are quietly watching tv and I'm going to kick back on the sofa while they zone out.

I'll try ice or a rice bag to see what works.

Shrift wins.

I also get to haul home the extra food from today's luncheon which I don't really want, but will take because a) sometimes I'm cheap, b) roommate might be hungry, and c) I just invited people I know who are worse off financially than I am to come over for sammiches and cookies.

I am so ready for today to be over... so I can go home and start the fraud alert and requesting credit reports process. And after that, I get to write a draft for a committee project.

I made shockingly good time getting to work this morning, so I'm going to leave any minute! YAY!!

I'm going to take off in a half-hour or so and start my vacation a bit early--yay!! I just finished putting in my vacation time into the time-tracker and PTO pages, so at least that's up-to-date. I do have to pop in on Monday afternoon for a meeting that will supposedly give us a heads-up on what's going on with the departmental reorganization, but that's only a 30-minute meeting. Here's hoping I still have a job that afternoon!

It doesn't make you an asshole. It makes you a human being with finite physical, emotional and financial resources to spread around. Please to not be so hard on yourself for having the sense to know your limits.

Yes. This.

She needs to be in the hospital, and someone who has the bandwidth should start contacting the county and state health services to see if there's anything that can be done to get her in.

Okay, so I'm back in my office for a short bit, but then I have to go over to daycare. Isaac is "graduating" from Toddlers to Preschool and today is his bye-bye party in Toddlers.

I can't believe he's so big!

I'm so sorry, Cash. Mine's not completely gone today either. I do a thing though where I put ice on the back of my neck and on my forehead/top of my head- it's like I'm trying to give the fucker nowhere to go. It at least gives the drugs a chance to work.

paperdol, you are as involved as you can reasonably be. Other than continuing to empathize, I don't think you should worry about it.

I am ready to get home. I'd like to take one final stab at ridding myself of the pain before my friend gets in from NY. I have a full weekend and no time to feel ill.