This last 7 days have been a CHALLENGE [View all]

I've had out of town company so there's the preparation, hosting, cooking, shopping that goes with that. Add 5 family members who have been here for dinner, 3 times since last Monday. I'm exhausted.

My car is acting up. Probably need to start looking for a replacement. My dryer died. My refrigerator is dying. The drain from the washer is clogged and nothing I do seems to break up what ever is causing the problem.

Add to that having this wonderful little kitten, Merlin, who I worry about non stop, because I don't know why he was abandoned. AND one of my brother's house mates died very suddenly. He lived in the basement and was pretty reclusive so no one is sure when he actually died, but they had heard him earlier that day (I think). Now my poor brother is dealing with the trauma felt by him and the others in the house. He worked very hard to clean up what they found before the family arrived, to ease their trauma. I knew him. Not well, but we were FB friends and had met a few times. He'd been friends with my brother and his circle of friends ever since high school.

I have a call in medicine assessment appointment with my psychiatric PA tomorrow. Up until last week I thought I'd be giving her a great report. I guess I should be relieved that my anxiety, while pretty strong, is not nearly as bad as it would have been before taking my new medications. I am still feeling pretty frayed but have not had a full blown anxiety or panic attack. It was close when I spilled Merlin's breakfast, but after uttering a few select curse words I took a deep breath, cleaned up the mess and got back to the task at hand.