A change of pace.

I have spent this Queen's Birthday long weekend on-call and at work - backing straight up after being on-call and working last weekend as well, I'm in a bit of a state.  That said, every moment I'm not at work between now and 2pm on Friday will be spent completing my last assignment of the semester.  I would kill for some down time that is my own - quiet time, to watch a movie or just lie in the sun with a book... but until next weekend, that simply isn't an option.

When you have a chronic disease - whether it be RA, or lupus, or MS, or one of the myriad of other diagnoses that we attempt to hide on a day to day basis - sometimes your body whispers in your ear that you need to slow down.  Other times it speaks louder.  Other times it plain screams at you, deafening you and bringing you to your knees.

I have a sniffle.  Anybody who is on medication to suppress their immune system will tell you that this often means that the inevitable is nigh.  I'm not sure what will await me when I wake up in the morning, but I know that my lifestyle of late has been anything but beneficial for my body.  My eyes are tired, my brain is tired, and my body is exhausted.

If you are reading this and you, like me, are struggling with one of these diseases - take a moment.  Change your pace, smell some roses and take care of your body, before it decides to take evasive action!