Broken

I have been sick more often in the last six months or so than I have been in the last six years I think... I am sick yet again and even took most of Friday off of work in order to rest and take medications.  I had started feeling like I was coming down with something on Tuesday and felt progressively worse as the week went on.  I had no voice on Thursday so opted to skip singing choir rehearsal but I did go to handbells.  On Friday morning, I called my boss's boss (since my boss is on vacation), to tell her that I had put in 51 hours of work and needed to go home sick.  She paused and then asked me if she had heard correctly when I said I worked 51 hours (and to remind you, I only get paid for 40 hours) and I told her yes.  She didn't seem happy about the number of hours I had clocked and told me to go ahead and go home, hoping that I felt better.  After about three days of living on my couch (other than to go to church for Easter Sunday and a quick trip to the grocery store), I am feeling some better even though I'm not feeling 100% human yet.

It's starting to hit me (like a ton of bricks) that there is a direct correlation to my health and my stress levels.  Some things have been going on at work lately that have caused me to work more hours than usual (which have already been too many hours in each work week) and I am once again sick.  I honestly probably should have taken another day off of work last week and I guilted myself into being there.  I need to find a way to start taking better care of myself and stop letting work dictate my well-being.  I'm not sure how I'm going to do that or what I'm going to cut out but I know I need to do something.

Unfortunately the kids are out of school again this week so that means we are open from very early in the morning until late at night and someone has to be there.  On Mondays, the person who's "me" when I'm not there is off so I will need to be there from open to close.  I am hoping that I get quite a bit accomplished at work tomorrow so I can potentially take some time off during the week (or at least take a lunch break out of the building) but we'll see what's in store for me going back in after Friday off.  I know that there is a meeting with some pretty important people that I have to attend at on Thursday but I have all of my information together already for that meeting so that's one less thing I have to prepare for.

I wore a new pair of dragon earrings to work this past week and on the day I wore them, I said I didn't want to blame it on them but it was a day that I didn't think I should be allowed around people.  I was hoping that the dragons would help ward off evil/demons and draw the weirdos to my aid (thanks for helping to put that into words, Mom!).  Along any quest, there are always those prerequisite weirdos who assist along the way; and, if nothing else, they help in supplying the comic relief to the person on their quest.  I think I need more weirdos to assist in my quest...

Well, my dear readers, I know this isn't an overly long post this week, but I think this Gypsy needs to take some more medication, get myself ready for tomorrow, and get to bed early tonight since I know that my alarm is going to go off very early in the AM.  I hope we all find the weirdos that we need to help get us through the week!  Thanks for joining me along my quest!  If anyone reading has some thoughts on how to help me create some balance (and stop being sick), please feel free to comment!  =)