Managing Times Three

Managing X 1
   Monday's visit to the doctor went as expected I suppose.  Dr. Miller answered a few of my questions and set me up with a Rhuemy doctor for next Monday.  I'm both excited and scared to go.  For those of you with RA, you understand.  Dr. Miller did recommend I stay on all my meds for now.  The list didn't grow though, so for that I am thankful.  He had taken me off Prednisone last visit.  I hate that stuff.  After the visit I did some errands and returned home.  Changed my clothes and went over to the empty rental apartment to survey the damages. So Monday I managed my schedule, my doctor, and my pain pretty well.

Managing X 2
   The rental that I'm beginning work on was left in such a mess that it will literally take me at least this entire month to clean up and renovate before I can even think about putting another tenant in there.  I don't enjoy losing money and I enjoy even less cleaning up after someone that was SO dirty.  I can't imagine living that way.  I won't go in to extreme detail because it's just that bad.  When I learned of the way she was living, I inspected her.  That was 2 months ago.  I expressed my concern and gave her a month to clean up.  I inspected again and it was still terrible.  Animal feces on the floors, filthy kitchen, trash everywhere.  So I told her she had to be out by the end of the month.  Tuesday I began the daunting task of pulling off the trim boards and pulling up all the laminate flooring.  Breaks my heart.  The floor was so lovely when it went in.  But she damaged it beyond repair.  I've decided to put carpeting back in that unit.  I can't afford to go with wood laminate again anyway.  Between my anger and my OCD, once I started ripping out the floor, it was difficult to stop.  My hands, hips, legs, and shoulders started screaming at me after about 5 hours so I had to.  So Tuesday I managed my property well, but not my pain or my OCD...haha...

Managing X 3
   So, yesterday I was SO sore and in pain that I could do nothing.  I knew I had over done it on Tuesday working in that apartment.  But, I also have to get it done.  I go back to work tonight and won't have a chance to get back in there now until Sunday I'm sure.  Work takes so much out of me that I can't imagine I will feel well enough to rip out flooring, scrub down walls, or paint on those days.  Wednesday I managed to do nothing! Which is a huge achievement for me.