Day Off

I took a day off today.

The atmosphere at work is quite horrible at the moment. I'm fairly certain the company is going down the tubes. I was going to visit the dermatologist today, anyway, to curb the re-emergence of my acne, but I had planned on working from home the rest of the day.

Not after yesterday. I've been going full-tilt between work and moving, and before that there was...emotional ache, I guess, and I am exhausted.

So it's a day off for me.

This is not exactly the "positivity rules!" attitude I had when I began this blog. I'm using it partially as an ongoing sort of assignment for a class where I learn, among other things, to not censor myself. Often I do not allow myself to feel anything besides happy or angry; I don't like to share my sorrow. That...is not always a good thing. So I am trying to be more open. And that, I think, is positive.

I drove down to my parents' house with Mother last night. Got a hell of a greeting from Radio Nose (not her real name), the family golden, and frankly, I think if my workplace had a resident pet we'd all be much better off. This morning we packed ourselves off to the dermo.

I have three medications: Duac (? some sort of topical antibiotic), I think Differin (which I was on in high school) and a cycline antibiotic of some sort, Doxy something (doxicycline?). My skin isn't horrendous yet, but I'm hoping to nip the post-birth control breakout in the bud. I do think I might just work with the topical medications and hold off on the antibiotics, as historically they're rough on the stomach and let's face it, my apartment has old pipes...and beyond that, I don't like using antibiotics for things that aren't, well, diseases or surgeries or things like that.

Had a nice dinner with the fam, and now Mother and I are watching World's Strictest Parents (her pick) while indulging in Flowering Tea, which does not look as enticing as it does on the photos, but damn this stuff is sweet and pleasant.

(By enticing, I mean...it looks all pretty and flowery on the label, but then you put it in the hot water, and yes, it does bloom, but it floats around near the side and looks kind of like a tarantula.)

(I don't like tarantulas.)