For roughly now the last two weeks it has felt like I can not catch a break. My body has been a complete and utter wreck since September 18 when I had a full blown seizure at work. Compounding the issues of the after effects of the seizure has been the god awful weather DC has had. Since the seizure we have had only one sunny day with it otherwise being cloudy/overcast and raining.
I have done all I can to keep myself together but damn. With what started as limited joints/body parts hurting has cascaded into everything hurts and shoulders, toes, and hips have begun to sublux on me. It has been a couple years now that it has been this bad to where getting out of bed, a chair, or taking a shower is a roll of the dice. I even got a rib or possibly two out of place now and it is driving me crazy.
Throw in the random idiots I have to deal with at work from the DOE, Admin, or some other office and hitting my head against a brick wall might actually help. Thank god I have good coworkers and now am in an office so I can just close the door and be left alone cause otherwise I might just explode.
Only two more weeks before I get out of DC and back to Texas for 13 days. Health wise in the 8 full business days I will be in town I have 7 physical therapy appointments to try and patch me up till December. I have really been doubling down on using all my time off/sick leave to get keep me sane.
The biggest kicker of all though has to be how I won’t know my employment status for January until possibly December. If the Republicans lose the House (we are currently in the Majority and thus have over double the staff of the Democrats because that’s just how Committees work) then there are going to be a lot of people without a job. Also because Republicans in there rules have term limits for Committee Chairman/Ranking Members my current boss is already going to change.
It is safe to say I am having a grand time with my broken ass body and a hell of a lot of questions about what next year holds for me. Sometimes especially in this situation stuff just sucks and all I can do is try and hold on for the physical relief from PT and wait even more for the mental health for my employment 🙃