Week in Review

It's been a heck of a week. I've been putting in lots of long days for almost a month now, and this week we hosted a big mediation, which meant I saw the inside of my house for approximately 8 hours during a 48 hour period. By Thursday I was so exhausted that I fell into bed at 7:30. Exhausted from working, exhausted from the stress of possibly never finding the end of my to-do list, exhausted from dealing with the secretary situation, exhausted from the mom-guilt of not spending enough time with my kids.

By Friday I managed to leave the office at a reasonable hour and we went to dinner together. Yesterday we went searching for a television console. DH used his bonus to finally buy a big ass flatscreen tv, but we can't find a console for it. So we promised the kids that if we dragged them out looking for furniture we'd take them to play laser tag afterward. But SS started to complain that she didn't feel well, and then she developed rosy cheeks and clammy skin. Sure enough, she had a fever by the time we got home. So no laser tag--instead we watched movies and worked on a puzzle.

On the secretary front, we are in limbo. She didn't come in the first half of the week, claiming an injury. When she showed up on Thursday, she was very, very apologetic. There was a lot of crying. The decision is not mine, and I don't know what the powers that be are going to do. There are several legal issues at play. But she knows that she is in deep and was Suzy Sunshine the rest of the week. Still, I am hesitant to give her important assignments if she is not going to be around in a few days, or in case she decides to throw another fit and screw something up. I like my firm, but I am very frustrated by this situation.