It's best to only light one end of the candle at a time

It has been a wild couple of weeks around here.

I have been feeling really good lately. About the best I have felt in 2-3 years. Very little neuro pain, no balance issues, no headaches, no fine motor skills issues. I still have the never ending fatigue, but the drugs seem to keep me functioning at a tolerable level.

Apparently when I work like a crazy person and burn the candle at both ends, I can get the symptoms to come back.

I have been working at one of our properties in Woodburn for the past 3 weeks. I have picked up an additional 10 hours a week down there + drive time and am working 6 days a week between my place in Portland and the extra hours in Woodburn.

In addition, this last week our church moved into our 4th (maybe 5th?) location in the last 2 years. This new spot required A LOT of clean up and preparation before the space was usable for Easter Sunday. Mostly clean up in the kids area. Guess who is in charge of the kids program? Yeah. That would be me. During the last week I made 1 trip to IKEA, 3 trips to Ross/Marshalls/HomeGoods & 2 trips to Goodwill to pick up needed supplies. Plus on Saturday I spent 8+ hours painting, cleaning, & prepping the childrens area. (And to all of you who helped with that major project THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!! We couldn't have done it without you!)

Needless to say, I am EXHAUSTED! I really thought I could keep up with all of the running, but I am finding this morning that I am in a sorry state of preparation for the week. I can't find stuff that I need for work (paperwork & my flash drive); my entire body aches and a lot of the old neuro pain is flaring up, and I am SO TIRED I could cry. So far the drugs aren't helping one bit.

I am disappointed that I can't keep up like I used to. In the past I would have been able to knock out a week like that and added one more right behind it. It is frustrating to know that my limitations are, well, limiting! But at the same time, it is good to know that I have (up until now) found a good balance where I was still able to do a lot of things that are important to me, help out at church, hold down a job and still enjoy my life. I just need to be better about setting limits and not trying to do everything.

Hopefully with a few days of "normal" activity, I will be feeling more like I have the past few months and not like I am getting run over by a train!