I guess I'm back

I realize I am not faithful to post to this blog on a regular basis, but it seems like is has been a really long time since I have been here. Easter, trials, appendectomy, recovery at a location with no Internet and then trying to get caught up all contributed to this extended absence.

My recent surgery and recovery kind of leads me to this title. While I was sick, in the hospital and then recovering, so very many people were kind enough to help me. People did things for me. Everyone want me to rest. People were concerned that I would try to do too much; push myself too hard. No one wanted to stress me. No one wanted to bother me. If the office needed to contact me, they started out with "I hate to bother you, but..." When I returned to the office part time, people would be concerned that I might try to do more than I was ready to do. Everyone was so nice.

By the end of the week, I guess they assumed that I needed to be back to my old self. Suddenly is was "we need this mass email to go out" "we need this project handled" "my computer locked up; can you tell me how to fix it" "can you come look at this?" "can you cover this for me?" "Mom, please come rescue me", etc. You get the idea. Don't get me wrong - I appreciate being needed. A lot of these quotes give me job security. I like to be helpful. But I will say that I am soooo tired today.

So dear family and co-workers, can we please find the balance between babying me and expecting me to run a marathon? I'm back, but not all the way back. Thanks.