One Moment at a Time...

Sunset, Wednesday July 13th

This is my first full week back to work since taking time off for surgery. Although I was not looking forward to working (life as a bum was pretty comfortable), I am so happy to be back to work and feeling productive. My coworkers seem to have not only genuinely missed me, but check on me to make sure I am ok. They've also all noticed the physical changes since leaving - which of course makes me feel good! My boss was up from Atlanta for the week so I finally got to meet him in person and we went out to lunch and chatted a bunch, so that was nice. It does feel good to be back....

Now, that being said, I sure am tired, especially today! Tomorrow will only be worse since it'll be day 5 of  being "on". But, gotta endure if I want to feel normal.... so, we truck on!

I must say, my being tired may have something to do with the stressful drive home I had yesterday. When leaving work, my car let me know that I needed to get some air in my tire, so I stopped at Costco to fill up... then, in Hudsonville, I had to stop again to get more air in my tire... then in Holland, more air.... then in Saugutuck, more air.... then in Fennville, more air... I can't believe I didn't spin out, or find myself on the side of the road!  But, I made it back to the cottage before dark, and changed my tire, putting a flat spare tire on my car so I can make it to work in the morning.

I will say, that the stress got the best of me... and I found that everything around me was irritating me... the wind, the bugs, the heat, and my poor dogs just new to stay out of the way as best they could. My hormones are still outta whack, and I am sure that the stress just stressed my hormones out, but I am working on being more aware of my moods, and trying to take deep breaths if I feel myself get irritated... and I've started to talk to the dogs more about my feelings (who are we kidding - I've always talked to my dogs and cats about my feelings... we all know this is true!!!). I really believe that they understand, and try to help me through the hard times!

So yes, I am back to work. And, yes, I am tired and get stressed out, but I am handing it, one moment at a time!