A bit more about Little Ol' Me: Rough week!

I must warn you - the first part of this post is a bit of a downer. I'm writing it more for myself - a therapeutic post, you might say. I tried to pick it up a bit towards the end. So if you don't want to hear the bad stuff - stop reading now.

What a rough week! Work has been exceptionally trying recently! It's basically reminded me this time last year when I was on the brink of giving up on this job. Now I'm not anywhere near that now, but the issues we were facing were causing a mental link back to last year....and of course a lot of stress!

The health and welfare of my family and friends has also been weighing a lot on my mind this week - more than normal. My Grams is still struggling to be successful at home with the help of my Gramps and my mom. It's really been an uphill battle for her. I also found out this week that someone near and dear to my heart was placed on hospice. This was quite a surprise considering I only recently found out that she was ill. I've found that it's super difficult to be away from home especially in times like this - almost makes me angry. I realize that I'm not the first person to be away from home in tough times, but it sure doesn't make it any easier. If anyone has tips for dealing with these rough times while being away from home, please share.

On top of everything else, one of my kitties is sick. Mr. Smokey. He's lost about 4lbs. over the last 1.5 years and has had some chronic GI problems since January. We finally took him to a cat specialist this week. I'm just hoping it helps. Here's a pic of what we came home with this week. We not have to give him weekly Vitamin B12 injections and who knows what else. We take him back this Monday for more tests.
Sigh. I see a very costly road in our future.

Here's a pic of my sicko hanging out with me after the Vet visit.

Sorry for all the downers. I'll try to end this post with some High Five for Fridays. It's been tough to find 5 good things about this week.

1) I'm happy to finally have my office nook in the kitchen finally somewhat organized. It's not quite done yet, but at least it's usable. I spent Sunday afternoon fixing this space up. Now I won't have to spread everything all over the dining room table.