Blahs

I don't know if I'm sick (with something acute, I mean) or worn down, or having med issues, or what.  But I'm barely making it today.  My bladder feels like one tensed up knot filled with battery acid.  My muscles through my whole body feel wrung out and tensed up at the same time.  My right "flank" throbs and hurts (kidney area).  I'm running to pee every hour or so.  My eyes can only be dragged halfway open.

Even with all this going on I have managed to unload the dishwasher, drive Middlest to a before-school activity, make sack lunches, get Oldest off to the bus, made homemade bread, wrote a note to the kindergarten teacher apologizing for not making it to help out today, got Youngest off to her bus, and managed to get a nap in for about half an hour before going back to the school to hear a school choir program.  Then back home to referee snack time, homework, and chores, put dinner in the oven, and start counting down the hours until I can go to bed.

I'm exhausted!

I believe I'll be contacting my urologist tomorrow (I keep putting it off) to ask for a new med to help manage what I assume is an IC flare.  I barely have the energy to sit here and move only my fingertips to type this.

On a side note:

Husband has been so helpful emotionally lately!  I dropped  by his office to swap cars the other day (mine was full of dinosaur bones and I needed space to pick 4 kids up from school).  I thought I was putting on my "healthy face", but as I walked in he stood up and wrapped his arms around me and whispered "I'm sorry!".  I asked what for and he told me he's sorry I hurt so much.  He could tell even though I was trying to just power through.  I didn't realize how much I needed that understanding!