It is now a little before five a.m. and here I am. I have actually been awake for about an hour and a half feeling yucky. I finally decided that I should just get up since I am obviously not going to be able to go back to sleep.
I woke up with the usual headache and nausea, but also with more pancreatic pain than is normal. It is not unbearable right now, so that is a good sign for the time being. If it does not get worse than this, I should be able to make it though the day at work today. I may leave right after and come home instead of staying there until 8 or 9 tonight working on stuff I need to get done. The boys will be at their dad's house this weekend anyway and I can always go in to work for longer than usual tomorrow if I need to.
So what was the trigger for this time? I'm not sure. I did eat one piece of pizza yesterday, but I have done that in the past and been okay thanks to my pancreatic enzyme pills. My doctor has suggested that stress might trigger this and I suppose that is possible. I had a busy day yesterday, but it was not necessarily stressful. The morning was just the usual stuff, get up and get the kids ready and off to school. Then I picked up my good friend and her daughter and we went to work. (She is the one who is having stress right now. Her car broke down last week and her oldest daughter just got married.) Yesterday the students had early release and went home a little before two. At two I had a grade level meeting that was still ongoing when I left a little before three to take my 9 year old son to scouts. I came back and went immediately to another meeting for ELL (English Language Learners) teachers. After that, I went back down the hall to the first meeting that was still not quite over. Then I hurried and picked my son up from scouts, dropped him off at home, and went back to the school. After that, I made some copies of papers for my parents for open house and typed a letter for them which I printed out in English and then Spanish. At 4:30, I took my 14 year old son to his counseling appointment and dropped him off and went back to the school for open house that started at 5:00. After the open house thing, I went and picked him up, bought a couple of pizzas, and headed back to the school to pick up my friend. (My 10 year old normally has scouts at 6:00, but it was cancelled this week.) Then I went to my 10 year old's open house at his school and left there a little before 7:00. Next, I dropped the pizzas off at the house for the kids to eat and my friend and I went to Heber to pick up her car. It was kind of relaxing to just drive and visit. I don't get to visit with my friends as much as I would like to, so it was a nice chance to get to just unwind and talk. It was nice to relax and visit a little. I have always enjoyed driving, but don't do it as often as I used to since the gas prices have gone up so much the past couple of years. We got back into town around 9:30ish. That was when I ate the piece of pizza. Maybe it was not the best choice, but it was not something I would have to prepare. I got the kids off to bed and was actually in bed myself by a little after 11:00. I fell asleep pretty quickly and slept fairly soundly until I woke up feeling this way. So, as I said, it was not really a stressful day, just a little bit busier than normal. I guess I will finish up the laundry I started a little while ago and then get ready for today. Hopefully, I will not feel any worse as the day progresses than I do now.
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