Ranting about Respite

Respite was supposed to happen today. It didn’t. It feels as though it never will. The aide who was supposed to care for Zane today had to take her mother to the ER last night. I know these things happen, but I was disappointed and a bit miffed nonetheless. I had planned to work all morning, therefore I didn’t work yesterday. Now I am behind. The respite that is supposed to be helping me is a hindrance at this point. Last week, I gave up a few hours to help train the aides and they didn’t even come today. While this may not be a big deal for someone who has loads of free time (like the people who post status updates more than once per day on Facebook), it is a huge deal for me. In addition to caring for Justin and Zane, I work three jobs from home. Time is quite valuable. I must say, I loved spending the time with Zane this morning in lieu of work, but now I have to find time to fit my job duties in this week. Friday is supposed to be my next day of respite. We’ll see if it happens.