empty bottle of advil in my purse
It's been a crazy, busy week. Too much social interaction combined with work stress kills me. My head ached all the way through it, but I had enough adrenaline that it didn't matter - at least not until last night. Yesterday, I came home from work, crawled into bed, and for the most part, didn't move until after 9:00pm when it was time to put the boys to bed. I finally realized that my head was killing me, and as usual, there was no pain reliever to be found in the house anywhere - not even a last resort Tylenol. I was reminded of the time my mom looked at the paucity of my medicine cabinet and asked, 'What do you do when you have a headache?' Apparently I lay in the fetal position until I can get up the energy to put both boys in the car and drive to Walgreen's. Sadly, I couldn't get up the energy to leave the house and had a long, painful night. I also had a pretty irritable morning until I got rid of boys, made it to Walgreen's and crashed three Advil with a coffee flavored Starbucks frappaccino (just in case, it was a caffeine headache).
I feel like I let people down yesterday. Last-minute clients losing their homes didn't get hand-holding live-saving representation. I didn't have time and am still recovering from being burned by the client who I went to bat for but later discovered that she lied to me and defrauded the court. Manipulating the system is one thing, but manipulating me is quite another. I can't be a part of that. Do it under your own name and leave me out of it.
Better today. Discovered faster, tastier cheaper lunch options. I also experimented in making a half vegetarian/half chicken broccoli cheese and rice casserole, which pretty much gets me through the rest of the school week without grocery shopping. Yes!
I feel like I let people down yesterday. Last-minute clients losing their homes didn't get hand-holding live-saving representation. I didn't have time and am still recovering from being burned by the client who I went to bat for but later discovered that she lied to me and defrauded the court. Manipulating the system is one thing, but manipulating me is quite another. I can't be a part of that. Do it under your own name and leave me out of it.
Better today. Discovered faster, tastier cheaper lunch options. I also experimented in making a half vegetarian/half chicken broccoli cheese and rice casserole, which pretty much gets me through the rest of the school week without grocery shopping. Yes!