This has been quite a week.  I may have mentioned before that I do contract therapy.  That means that if I don’t work, I don’t eat.  I was afforded an opportunity that requires me to miss a week of work.  And it didn’t come at a very convenient time.  I already work less days in the month of December because of Christmas and New Year’s.  I struggled, but I decided to skip out on work.  I can’t afford to not work, but I also can’t afford to miss this opportunity. With all that in mind, I realized that I had a doctor’s appointment on this past Tuesday.  Even though I…