Frugal In Florida

It's been a rough day/week/month so far. I've had all kinds of issues at work ... from me making mistakes (that are fixable, but that's not the point) to dealing with not-so nice people. Pushing my people coping skills to the limit, trust me. I guess I should be thankful that my boss tells me not to worry, February is a short month and almost over and I can make up for all this stuff in March. Ha. I don't find that very funny either. And for those people who are just not happy and feel the need to grind me down? They obviously sense a weaker person when they speak with me and feel 'entitled' to demand the way they are demanding. Mind you ... I'm not a victim. By any means. But I am tired lately. And beaten down in the work place, which does come home with me. It's been rough. One thing after another. I am not depressed. At least I don't think I am. I just feel blah. Physically and mentally. And I certainly hope that I am not getting...

Medical news. I've been to the Rheumatologist a few times now. Given 5 1/2 tubes of blood. And numerous hand xrays (which, if you live in Eastern Broward County, just go to Imperial Point Hospital, no more than 20 minutes, in and out with results to the dr. the following day). The verdict? Eh. Degenerative arthritis of the both thumbs. Lab results show a high ANA ... not really sure just what that means, but it points to Lupus. LUPUS? Well that just scares the crap out of me. I have symptoms. But they do NOT control my life, nor will they if I have a choice. We are choosing to treat the issues systematically (whatever the heck that means?) by me taking prescribed heavy duty anti-inflammatory meds as needed, since it's classified as MILD at the moment. Of course, of these symptoms I DO have, I'm not really sure what they relate to. Heck, I feel like a hypocondriact at times, because just Friday I felt terrific and then 36 hours later I'm laying on the...