Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

I feel like we're demonstrating Xeno's Paradox. We're asymptotically approaching "ready to leave", but there's always a little bit more before we can leave. There have been several helpers, all more healthy than I and Seriously Helpful, but now it's down to just the two of us ... Well, down to just her, 'cause even though I did get my second wind this evening, that wore off and I more or less fell down. (I started showing signs of Major Fatigue and difficulty continuing, started getting stubborn about it, and was told to take a break. Unlike earlier in the week I actually did stop to rest before going all the way to the stupidly hurting myself stage, but I still got to the seriously feel like crap level. We're at the house now, it's getting late, and we'll be wanting an early start in the morning. I am so not looking forward to trying to get my body moving early in the morning. Then again, I'm also not looking forward to delaying the drive to WV and my eventual return home, either.

At least it's been an instructive week: I'm getting a pretty good idea how [expletive] frustrating I must be to deal with when I get into the mental state I'm observing in her. *sigh* I'm pretty sure she's not exactly like me in this state, but there's enough similarity for me to a) recognize it, and b) have some idea which of the things I'm tempted to say would be Amazingly Counterproductive and tension-enhancing. *heavy sigh* Now if only I knew the right way to deal with this... As it is, I'm just Trying Not To Make Things Worse, and being as helpful as I'm able despite the especially frustrating bits.

Worst of all, it's nearly inevitable that I'll be doing the exact same thing to someone else in a couple weeks as we try to get me moved in a hurry with whatever help I can round up, unless a particular miraculous combination of events cause the bank that owns most of the house my landlord is selling to accept the offer my mother and I have made on the place. When I let myself get talked into helping with this move, I didn't know I was quite this close to having to pull a last minute move myself the same month! (Right now, I don't know where I would move to in the (likely) event that I have to be out of my house by the 28th.)