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Dec. 1st, 2019 02:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eafmMondays have not been good for me recently, for journaling here. Monday before last we spent with my MIL, helping her recover from being targetted by a scammer. Last Monday I spent with her at the ER getting treated for her broken arm, and then helping her get settled back in at home. And then Joe and I spent most of the rest of the week helping her deal with various follow up tests and doctor visits and so on.
I'd carved out last week for a self care "vacation" -- no appointments, no time sensitive errands or projects, very little driving, and plenty of time to refocus on the basics of my good habits. That obviously didn't work out, which is an issue because I'd carved it out in the first place because I was already running ragged before this week's crises. At this point I've borrowed against the next month or two of inner resources.
We're going to be solidly in the midst of eldercare for the next little while, in addition to everything else we've got going on. Which means I'm going to need to find a way to balance that with a basic self care regimen.
I'd carved out last week for a self care "vacation" -- no appointments, no time sensitive errands or projects, very little driving, and plenty of time to refocus on the basics of my good habits. That obviously didn't work out, which is an issue because I'd carved it out in the first place because I was already running ragged before this week's crises. At this point I've borrowed against the next month or two of inner resources.
We're going to be solidly in the midst of eldercare for the next little while, in addition to everything else we've got going on. Which means I'm going to need to find a way to balance that with a basic self care regimen.
