Lurgy

 

Last week was a long week. I had loads to do at work and home was busy too. Also I just didn't feel myself.

Although son did really well in his GCSEs he didn't get the grades he needed to comfortably do the A levels he wanted.

It's been a stressful few weeks as he comes to terms with this and thinks of his future. He's been pragmatic and I am proud of him. Whatever the outcome he has my support.

So as well as a busy week at work (very busy) life at home has been tense.

As far as work it was a nightmare week. Hundreds of meetings. In each actions we're agreed. Then the next meeting. I ended up with about 4 hours to do an entire weeks work.

On Friday I had just enough time to get an action done when a colleague pointed out another meeting had been set. I joined the meeting and was railroaded into starting an activity. I pointed out that the timing was off. I needed another 2 weeks to give an opinion because it related to something I hadn't had a chance to get to. However the meeting ploughed on.

Suddenly the weight of the world hit me. I started shaking. I left the meeting, shut my laptop and went to bed. I thought just to calm down. It took ages to stop my heart racing. Then I fell asleep. I woke 2 hours later feeling really ill.

I am not sure if I am stressed or ill or both. But I have stopped. This is clearly a shout for me time.

On Sunday I made it out to walk the dog on the seafront. I drove down to make life easier. It wasn't. I couldn't find parking so went to the long stay car park. £1.60 for an hour of parking. That is just so expensive. When we moved here it was 50p. Life is getting ever more expensive and so fast.