Being in the comfort of home all day yesterday and not having to deal with anyone or anything except on my own terms, I didn't realize that all those lovely steroid side effects were starting to kick in.

Even after a good night's sleep (during which I woke up just long enough to see that the ALCS was over with an unhappy ending), by the time I got to work this morning I was so, SO tired.  I'm absolutely drained, and I don't get to leave for another five hours.  I'm also beginning to feel a tad grumpy (reaches for another half dose of mood stabilizer).  And...I'm incredibly hungry -- that started showing itself last night.  Actually, I'm underweight so gaining a quick 10 lbs is not a bad thing, but it's hard to find the time to cram all the food in, and of course I worry about taking in too much salt (because I'm hypertensive) or sugar (prednisone increases the blood glucose anyway, not that I'm diabetic, but still...).

I just want to go home and go to bed.  I keep reminding myself that this too shall pass, and it'll all be worth it if it knocks the MS relapse on its ass.

:::bangs head against wall:::