I am utterly and completely exhausted, both mentally and physically. I need to be working. I need to do errands. But I’m just too tired to move.
Boo saw the vet Wednesday. This time, upon my suggestion they check his back (vs. neck), they discovered he did have fleas. I already knew that, since I’d seen live fleas on him several times. He has been and will continue to be treated for fleas. About a third of his back and part of his side were shaved to aid healing. I need to clean the house and spray the entire place to eliminate any indoor flea population.
I spent Wednesday afternoon and evening organizing and de-cluttering in preparation. Thursday morning I started ripping that ancient carpet out of the living room. The job took until well past midnight. Every piece of furniture had to be moved, a section of carpet cut away where it was, the floor vacuumed (I’ve never seen so much fine powdery dust in my life), and washed, then the item put back in its original spot. It’s not just living room furniture in here right now. There are also two heavily loaded tall cabinets, a large power tool storage rack, and other items from the storage room I’m renovating crammed in here. This was the only possible place to put that stuff during the project! The heavy items had to be coerced into allowing teflon furniture glides to go under each corner, then maneuvered as needed. Suffice to say it was a long, tedious job shuffling things around.
Today (Friday) I did a little more picking up, some much needed dusting (thanks to carpet removal) and then just ground to a halt. I will get nothing more accomplished this day. Tomorrow I hope to move Boo to one of the storage sheds for the day so I can spray the house.
Earlier in the week the replacement case manager called while I was outside working. Despite my best effort, I was not able to return the call. Fortunately she called again this morning. We set up an initial meeting for a week from today.
I’ve been thinking a lot about Ben’s suggestion about relying on friends for support, but I am paralyzed by apprehension. The matter needs further discussion to be viable, but I have been unable to make myself email him to see if he is willing to do that. I won’t go into much detail at this time, since this blog is readily available to my ham radio friends (a term I’m still struggling with) and they may be reading. All I can do is keep trying to find the strength to explore the offer further.