It has been a long debilitating summer with over five hundred forest fires burning in my province of British Columbia, Canada. We may be in "the great white north" but we in BC have hot summers and lately so many fires have been burning that even my alpine town of Golden BC has been smoked in to a white-out where mountains have been invisible for several weeks from mid July to late August. Many tourists had been around for this time despite the smoke.
Today I worked another busy shift, with tourists coming late, after the close. Suddenly I felt my legs buckle under me, for a fraction of a second. One staff member asked me, "What's that?"
I replied, "Almost collapsed to the floor. A near meltdown." Right away I drank the rest of my complicated amino-shake and felt better.
He called the boss over and the boss checked me out. He asked me if I was doing alright. I replied, "I think I'll be okay; there's just ten minutes left. I'm glad I only work 20 hours a week - any more and I could end up in hospital." I am so grateful that I have the next four days off!
So I managed to function enough to finish my shift and assist with closing out the shift at 9:00 serving a couple of customers and helping new staff clean up their cash till area.
Has anyone else had near-meltdowns or complete meltdowns at their employment area? It seems like a regular job is so demanding that it takes going 110 percent for us Aspies even though it seems like a near cake-walk in comparison, with other staff.
Anyway, it is great to be back on the forum after a terrible smoked-in summer and a busy time tidying up my formerly crowded, messy new apartment.
Today I worked another busy shift, with tourists coming late, after the close. Suddenly I felt my legs buckle under me, for a fraction of a second. One staff member asked me, "What's that?"
I replied, "Almost collapsed to the floor. A near meltdown." Right away I drank the rest of my complicated amino-shake and felt better.
He called the boss over and the boss checked me out. He asked me if I was doing alright. I replied, "I think I'll be okay; there's just ten minutes left. I'm glad I only work 20 hours a week - any more and I could end up in hospital." I am so grateful that I have the next four days off!
So I managed to function enough to finish my shift and assist with closing out the shift at 9:00 serving a couple of customers and helping new staff clean up their cash till area.
Has anyone else had near-meltdowns or complete meltdowns at their employment area? It seems like a regular job is so demanding that it takes going 110 percent for us Aspies even though it seems like a near cake-walk in comparison, with other staff.
Anyway, it is great to be back on the forum after a terrible smoked-in summer and a busy time tidying up my formerly crowded, messy new apartment.