I can do it! I can do it! I can do it! UGH...I can't do it!

Today was interesting... Not what I anticipated. It was my first full day of home IV's, trying to work full time and care for my kiddos. Here's how I thought it would go:

5am - wake up and start my IV
6am - unhook my IV and go back to sleep
8am - wake for good and prepare breakfast for myself and the kids
9am - start my work day (welcome my dad/step-mom to watch the kids - I work in an office in my home)
11am - get my IV started
11:30am - prepare and eat lunch with my kids
12n - unhook my IV
12:30p - 5:oop - work uninterrupted and complete my project
5pm - hook up my IV
5:15pm - prepare dinner for the family
5:45pm - eat dinner
6:00pm - unhook my IV
6:15pm - clean up after dinner
6:45pm - head to my aerobics class to work out
8:00pm - bathe the children and put them to bed
9:00pm - fun computer time
11:00pm - hook up my IV
12am - unhook my IV and go to sleep

All with a smile on my face, while humming my favorite tune!

Here's what actually happened:

4:00am - woke up early anxious about oversleeping...Ah, forget it! I'm up, so I'll just hook up my IV now.
5:00am - after an hour of senseless TV watching I went to unhook my IV
5:00-8:00am - tossed and turned, never getting back to sleep. Couldn't lay on my sore left arm from my PICC and couldn't lay on my sore right arm from my pneumonia shot
8:00am - give up trying and wake up, grab a granola bar and coke and start my day
8:30am - make breakfast for the kids
9:00am - sit in front of my computer ready to start the work day! I'm glad I'm back and KNOW I'm going to accomplish a lot.
9:00am - 11am - answer about 40 emails and return 3 phone calls - playing catch up
11am - hook up my IV (Thanks goodness my father has the kids!)
11:30 am - notice hives on my upper arm surrounding my pneumonia shot site
11:35am - Freak OUT!
11:36am - call my nurse to tell her about my screwed up arm - she'll talk to the Dr. and get back to me
12:00n - HIT THE WALL HARD!!!!
12:01pm - unhook my IV's and crawl upstairs after emailing my boss to let her know that if I had to continue working for the next couple hours I could not be held responsible for anything said or done.
12:01pm - 12:45pm - stare at the ceiling...my body won't move
12:45p - 1pm - get a call from my insurance companies nurse asking a bunch of questions about how I'm doing and feeling. Thinking the entire time that my answers are going to be analyzed so they can figure out how to deny me coverage.
1:00p - 2:00p - stare at the ceiling some more...the body still won't cooperate
2:00pm - realize that I forgot to eat lunch - OOPS! Too late now.
2:01pm - get a call from my nurse explaining that I had an allergic reaction to my pneumonia shot and I just need to treat the pain - whew!
2:02p - 5:00p - try to get some work done accomplishing about half of what I needed to get done for the day.
5:00pm - hook up my IV
5:15pm - walk in circles in the kitchen telling my husband that I'm going to make dinner, while watching him actually making dinner
5:45pm - unhook my IV
5:45pm - 6:15pm - the dinner from HELL - kids whining, crying, throwing, refusing to eat - Who are these children? They obviously didn't read yesterday's blog post where I was singing thier praises...
6:15pm - send both of my children to their rooms for the night. Oh, sweet punishment.
6:30pm - resume my position staring at the ceiling...

I never got to work out, even though I'm not sure my body would have let me today :-( I still must finish the project for work that needs completed. Just a reminder that things don't usually work out the way one plans. This is a lesson in flexibility. Here's hoping for a less overwhelming tomorrow! I can do it...I hope!