i have no idea how to title this. So when there is stress, especially family stress, the advice is to take care of yourself. But ya know it isn't easy. So i took 2 half days off, mostly dealt with getting plumbing fixed and a flat tire, but i am super happy those are taken care of (the flat was 100% covered). but since i took that time i have a list of emails asking me for something, a lot late or on the edge of it. i had an inspection visit and i made a mistake that is pretty cringeworthy. i was so tired at work my new assistant asked if i was okay. then i snapped at my son for not being home for hours. So yeah, you just suck up that you were crabby and made mistakes and go on i think (okay the process right now is pretty brutal because i keep waking up at night thinking about my daughter or freaking about a work mistake or just wanting cake). i could work 10 hours the next 3 days and maybe be caught up with what i am being asked for, i just don't have a lot of focus right now. Basically like most things the fluffy idea of taking care of yourself is gonna just look crabby and angry and flakey and mistakes made.
Btw my son was great after i snapped at him. He realized as we talked that no one had told me that DD was checked into the center. i have spent all day waiting, and alone in that tonight. i was supposed to get a call or text from her boyfriend. when my son called him and told him i was having a really hard time then he realized it was important. i got a passed along apology. then my son called his older sister who needed to pick something up from me, she works late and i work early. So he basically got her to come over immediately so i can go to sleep now. it is amazing how a little bit of human contact can start to soothe all this