While I would say I am ready to go back home, I'm a little hesitant. This is because this past week has been a mental health vacation for me - no cleaning, no laundry (that will be remedied today), no grocery shopping, no cooking, and NO WORK.
Along with all of this came the miracle - NO HEADACHES and NO STOMACH ACHES for the last EIGHT DAYS. It has been over 21 months since I have had a day without BOTH of these...that's right, not one or the other, BOTH.
I can't figure out if it's because I am allergic to Beaumont or because I spend everyday at my job trying to diffuse tense situations with angry patients and co-workers. Perhaps it's both.
All I know is that right now, I feel fabulous - I wake up every morning with no plan, no where to be. I can make my own schedule, eat what I want when I want, and be outside for hours at a time. Yesterday I even found some maps (I have a weird love of maps) at a tourist location and planned a fun-day-out using the buses and the train. It's so nice to feel like Erin again.
It's like I'm coming back to life. I'm not ready to give it up.
3 comments:
I was thinking about how, although it must be rough for you to be away from home, it must be really nice to be away from work. Doesn't really seem like a coincidence that your ailments have disappeared with not working. I'm glad you've had a mini "vacation".
By the way, I too have an obsession with maps. I don't go anywhere without my Rand-McNally road atlas. I think I might have the western United States memorized by now.
My map fetish stems from living in the south. When people give directions by landmarks or by asking if you know where the first baptist church is, then it's nice to have something to fall back on, especially if "that big old oak tree on the top of the hill next to the Parker's old house" is now cut down. :)
Maybe you should take this "vacation" as a sign, sister. If a hurricane stresses you out WAY less than working with a doctor who doesn't respect you and a bunch of crazies, then it's time to part ways. Seriously, when are you going to take me up on the offer of moving up here? Nick could totally find a job and finish school...
I think that all these hurricanes and what not are a great BIG sign telling you that no one should live in Texas and you should move back here ASAP! :] Atleast this is my own personal interpretation of the whole thing...
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