So Busy I Misplaced My Cat...

Can YOU spot the cat in the photo? Yeah, probably you can...it's only ME who has been so busy I almost threw her out with the trash!

I've been running like a hamster on a wheel this past week with a hella hectic schedule...so far, I've managed to WORK 6 days in a row and I have two more to pack in under my belt before I will be able to collapse on a day off. And just to add insult to injury, I am in my every-seven-week-rotation of DAY SHIFTS! Anybody who knows me at ALL, understands how I feel about getting up to greet Dawn's ugly crack and going to work...sigh...

I truly hate it when work interferes with my life. After all, I AM working on my disability, too, and I resent work interfering with that. LOL Fortunately, my "disability" is in check right now for the most part...I am two weeks out from my Novantrone infusion and I am starting to get the "burst" I usually get...something I call my "Flight Into Wellness". I get about 8-10 weeks post Novantrone where I feel what I like to call *normal* again...my pain is lessened, my limbs seem to cooperate with my brain, I have more energy, my muscles in my lower legs seem to let go of their tight grip on my bones, my left side has a sensation of feeling stronger, and I generally have a better outlook on life with MS. The drug appears to be cooperating with me quite well.

I am still committed to my beginning of the year intake plan...I have been limiting my caloric intake as well as trying to exercise for at least 30 minutes a day when I can. Another MAJOR downer of working the dayshift is, I get up when it's dark, I work for 9 1/2 - 10 hours, I sneak in a half hour to an hour of exercise, and I return home to GET READY FOR WORK AGAIN! I really don't know how or why anyone would WANT to work the majority of their hours during the day...but I guess there is that benefit of spending time with your children, having a social life, etc (really NOT worth it to me since I HAVE no children or "social life").

I have been coming home from the county gym after a looooong day exhausted, hungry, dealing with a needy cat, and falling into bed to try to recover...consequently, I have NOT been lending my share of attention to my favorite blogs OR jotting anything down here. I hope y'all can forgive me? I am gritting and grinding my teeth just to get through what I am REQUIRED to do right now, but I have missed my leisurely reading of your blogs.

After Monday, life *should* return to a more copacetic pace and I will get back to the things I enjoy...either that or, I will simply die at my desk and no one at work will notice until I begin to smell. Of course, some of my coworkers ALREADY think I smell, so it might be a very long, long time before I am discovered without a pulse...