It's been a really long day and it's only 5:10 pm.

I had the NAMI Wellness Conference today. My sister was to meet me at my house and then we'd drive, separately, there together. Well, it was about 7:50 am and I was still in bed and the doorbell rings. I'm like "Honey, who in the heck is at the door! You have to get it!" He didn't remember, either.

Well, it was my sister arrived right at the expect time, but of course I was totally clueless until he yelled up that it was my sister. I started rushing to get dressed at like 200 mph. I didn't brush my teeth or bathe/shower, I scrambled to tame my hair, I forgot to take my morning medications, and later in the day I realized I had put my underwear on backwards. Not inside out, but backwards.

Anyway, the conference had its really great moments and some that were not as good as I had hoped. During lunch I finally looked at my phone and saw that my husband texted me and a plumber called me. I mentioned here that we were having plumbing problems lately, some bad ones. However, after my speedy departure, my husband discovered that sewage was seeping through to our basement. Happy joy! He was struggling to call me to get the plumber's number, but I had silenced my phone and put it away the whole time. Hubby called my brother to get the plumber's number and Bro gave the plumber MY cell phone number. The cell phone I hadn't been checking. Long story short, hubby finally reached the plumber and the they came and kinda sorta fixed the issue. Kinda. Apparently some tree roots interfered with piping and they need to be dealt with. Hubby is saying we can shower, use the sinks, washer, and dishwasher, but if we use the toilets, we shouldn't use paper. Or at least...not flush the paper. I know. More than all of you wanted to read, but that's what we're dealing with. I could consider myself the lucky one because hubby dealt with the "mess" in my absence.

I was very tired at the end of the conference, but I promised to help them with the cleanup. It was a lot of work and I finally disappeared and headed home. I think I do feel a bit negatively affected by not having taken my morning medications. I did take an Ativan, at the least. When I dug into my pocketbook for the Ativan, I found that the pill bottle cap had come off and all of my Ativan pills were strewn on the bottom of my dirty pocketbook. I took one anyway. I'll fish them out later.

As written, there were some very nice parts of the conference, but I'm not in the right state to be mentioning them now. I'm thinking of taking my evening meds in an hour and just going to bed early.