Gimme a Break
I need a vacation, but badly. I’m physically exhausted, mentally spent, stressed-out, physiologically stagnant and in general struggling. In 10 days, I should be preparing to go to the NC shore for a week of complete R&R. Unfortunately, my wife’s Lyme Disease has taken a turn for the worse, and now it appears she may have to go on an I.V. antibiotic regimen – which means she might not be able to go on vacation.
We haven’t had a real vacation in 2 years – last year’s was cancelled due to the FMC Fiasco, and now this. I hate seeing Shari go through all of this – this Lyme thing has been going on since April, and it doesn’t seem to be getting better – a more aggressive treatment seems the only route to go at this point, so that hopefully sooner rather than later she’ll finally feel like her old self again.
Meanwhile, our vacation is once again on the rocks. There’s a chance she will still be able to go – although she’s hesitant because she doesn’t want to be the ‘sick person’ in the room. If not, she wants me to go instead of sitting around the house feeling sorry for her. But what kind of vacation is it to go without your family to a family reunion-type vacation? I know that I’ll be stressed and worried and not enjoying myself or relaxing – which is what I need so very badly.
It just seems that sometimes life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, and then get stung to hell by the yellowjackets it attracts.
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