Asbestos Blows

So this morning I was reminded of a possible factor to my fatigue, shortness of breath and light headedness this weekend. See, they've been operating some sort of asbestos removal process here at work from some nearby vacant office space... for about a week now.

It wasn't OVERLY noticeable most of last week... until about Friday. They're using some sort of solvent for the process, and it was vaguely apparent last week... but is overbearing today. In some places of the building it smells strongly of chlorine, in other places, we're treated to that strong chemical paint smell. And then there are REALLY loud fans all over the building trying to pull the stench out.

Mom thinks the effects have simply been cumulative over the past week... and I may have been particularly susceptible with my recent stress and lots of activity this weekend. She got an instant migraine when she got to work... I was already nursing a possible one, and it quickly solidified as soon as I got here, too. And my lightheadedness and shortness of breath is worse... I can hardly think straight, sound like a moron when I'm talkin to anybody (well, worse than usual) and I'm exhausted from just walkin down the hall. Mom's got the same thing goin on... lots of folks are havin probs. We've been seriously considering everybody simply going home. I know one of the preggo ladies in Construction Management walked straight back out the door as soon as she got in and was hit by the smell.

This is pretty much how I've felt all weekend... just worse. Blech. It's actually a LOT like what I feel like on my pain meds... only I haven't taken any in several days. Which is what was throwing me off. Just what I need to take with me on my trip. *sigh*

I'd write more, but can't really think of anything, and am not thinkin really straight anyway. Just tryin to focus on squarin away the misc. tasks everybody's gettin to me before I leave.

P.S. One last bitch: it's friggin FREEZING in here, cuz we also have all the doors and windows open tryin to air out the place. I suppose I'd take cold over stench... at least I can put a sweater on. Not sure how long we'll be able to do that, though... we had some pretty good thunderstorms comin through overnight, with more forecast periodically through the day.