Thank you all for your comments. I do feel recovered from the stomach flu mostly. I did talk to my work and am going down to part time, actually per diem. This means that I can work as little as I want essentially. It doesn't help the pills but at least I'm not fired and am still with the organization.
Yes the drive is not fun! I have been doing this kind of thing for a year, or at least trying to. It has to do with that my partner can't leave where he's at, and there was a hard time finding a job where we were.