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Came home from the airport and crashed out for 4 hours. I may go sleep some more after this is posted. Like I told my brother, the level of tired is like having a massive hangover without the physical pain, but you still feel like you’ve been run over by a steamroller. 2 weeks of sleep deprivation is not pretty.

I’m really happy to have my house back. And I can get up at my normal time tomorrow. And I can go workout, or hell, go anywhere and not have to worry about getting back quickly. I can leave the house after dark! I don’t have to keep track of where is in the house. I don’t care where he is, he’s just not in the same room, WOOT! (I know he’s happy to not be looking at me for 12-14 hours a day as well.)

I can have CNBC on TV as background noise all day. The TiVo is hooked up again.

All I have to say, is if you find yourself facing an elder care/companion situation on your own that is going to last more than 4 or 5 days - DON’T. Not saying don’t do it, just don’t do it on your own. Get help. Make sure you get REAL breaks, not just running off to tend to other things. Call in all your favors and have friends/family/neighbors pop over so there is a new face in the place for a little while. Trust me on this one. The biggest mistake that and I made was thinking, “Pfft, this is only 2 weeks and we did a month last year” so we didn’t set out ahead of time, “This is your afternoon/night out,” etc. Yeah, well, last year we were also spending 40+ hours a week working, and this year we weren’t. HUGE difference.

Tomorrow it’s off to the races with life again.