Singing in the Lifeboat

[daring]

Job and 123Gwen- I agree it is a combination of post holidays and all the crap going on that has me weary.

This week has been very busy as I'm on call, and I'm sick again, so haven't had a chance to exercise or pamper myself. On the flip side I've had some wonderful moments with patients- one especially who had a horrible outcome previously and delivered a healthy baby this week. Those moments are so precious to me!

So other than work this week has been busy with legal stuff. I met with my D lawyer who put me in touch with a real estate lawyer in FL to work on this foreclosure and understand my potential liability as well as maybe negotiate down the debt.
I also am talking with a lawyer and case manager to get my mom supplemental Medicaid coverage as it looks like she will need long term care.

So today I texted H to let him know about the FL lawyer and said if I hire him to negotiate down the debt I would like him to split the cost with me. He asked a few questions and said ok but would like to see what info he gathered. H wasn't rude but did seem to be focusing on whether it would be worth it and would the lawyer even be able to help. Finally I texted back " how about thank you for trying?" ( I added a smiley face at the end to keep it from being too sassy). He texted back immediately and apologized and said you are right and thank you.

Seriously.... This is technically something he could have done a long time ago and didn't, and it's mostly his liability that I will be helping him with in this process.

I know this is a little thing but I'm proud of myself for calling him out on not appreciating the effort. Before I would have let that go and tried to be understanding of his crisis and would have allowed myself to feel put upon. But I'm not doing that now. I'm not being ugly or unreasonable, but when I'm not receiving a response I think I should- I'm saying so.
Eggshells have been tossed out of my life