Work is extremely stressful right now and I normally handle stress ok, but lately it has been taking me over. Like I'm a character in a Warner Brothers Cartoon, waiting for someone to drop an Acme Anvil on me. This just looming threat of foreboding. My apologies...I'm verbose and I appreciate SAT words.
So yesterday was a Monday...obviously, and I was prepared. All of my food was prepped for the day, and I had a plan. I stayed on track right up until the afternoon. I left work after an upsetting meeting, headed to the doctor. The office worked me in during the late afternoon, so I ended up waiting a while to go back to the doctor. To help kill time, I pulled my phone out and started looking at emails from work. That was a bad idea. Like I said above, my anxiety level is at an all time high, and by the time I went back to consult with the doctor, I was in a full blown panic attack. My blood pressure was 158/100. Luckily, the nurse knew what to expect and helped calm me down and my doctor did a great job of helping formulate a plan to deal with the anxiety. Oh, and give me antibiotics for an ear infection.
It had been such a difficult afternoon, the last thing I wanted to do was go home and "cook," even though all I really had to do was assemble the food. It was already cooked, and ready to go. So...I went to the local Mexican restaurant and went all out. Luckily, I still had 30 points left for the day, but it still wasn't the best way to react.
But I rallied and prepped for the next day and morning, despite coming off of the panic attack and a double ear infection.
Moral of the story...life happens, but it doesn't have to derail you.
Until next time...
Whassy
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