Zapped

Yesterday was a pretty good day over all.  Today not so much, I had some insomnia last night and was up for a couple hours.  The cats had me up for their early breakfast.  I was just zapped as far as energy.  My old friend ‘cough’ returned and I am so sore.  I feel horrible.  I want to go back on Monday but if I still feel like this then that won’t be possible. 

I got a call from HR today and were scheduled to follow up after my doctors appointment.  Looks like I will have to use FMLA plus Short Term Disability.  This is going to be a paperwork nightmare I can feel it already.  I’ll go in with an open mind tomorrow and see what the witch that I don’t want to see has to say.  Who knows maybe today is a temporary set back. 

I am proud that I pushed myself to accomplish my goals.  They were shave, shower, get dressed, get the mail, grab a bite to eat, stop for some groceries.  I had to get the trash out as well.  Then I collapsed to watch TV and surf through my phone. 

I just had some pumpkin bread and a soda so that I could take my evening medicine.  Doing some blogging here and make a couple entries in my check book and then it will be back upstairs to watch TV.  There is plenty on be it repeats and new content.  I’m trying very hard to keep a semi normal schedule so that it’s not such a shock to my system when I return to normal.  I may not get to go back on Monday as I want to but eventually sooner or later I will have to go back. 

I got my sympathy card from the vet today, lots of staff signed it but this is the first time there are no doctors signatures.  I thought that was odd but hey it is what it is.  I have yet to hear from the funeral home and if they don’t call me tomorrow I will be calling them.  I’d like to get what is left of my baby back home where she belongs. 

There you have it my wonderful day.  I’m bored out of my mind and enjoying the rest but ready for some work and a better sense of normal.  Being sick and alone is scary.  I do have moments where I just take in the silence and enjoy it but there are other times that the silence is disturbing.  My cats are a great comfort but they don’t have quite the same effect as a human.  Plus they talk back and I have no idea what they are saying. 

I’ll let you know how tomorrow goes and what the game plan is.  The best news of all is the FMLA will protect my job for 12 weeks, not that I have anything to worry about but hey it’s nice to know that protection is there.  I’ll see if there is some way we can open a claim to where it covers me now as well as any potential future leave I may need for the remainder of the year.  I know for a fact you don’t have to use all 12 weeks at once and you can take the time intermittently, but it’s time without pay.  I know that Short Term Disability will cover the bulk of this absence but future absences won’t be covered unless I am out 5 days.  It’s bad enough to be sick but to have to be concerned about insurance and paperwork is worse. 

Here’s hoping tomorrow is a better day for all of us.  Talk with you again soon.