Work should not be at home.

[instantkarmma]

So we got a message on Paul's cell phone the other night from a friend of ours. He had been riding around on busses for days straight because he had nowhere to go. Paul went and picked him up and we parked him in our guest room. Problem is, he's sick as Hell and I'm trying to be hospitable but whatever he's got could literally kill me. I'm not

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[rhiannon76]

I'm glad you have a means to both give him shelter and keep him out of infection range of you. It's hard to see someone you know and care about be in a bad place and not try to get too involved, especially for anyone who's ever worked in a caretaker role/profession, but good on you for being able to maintain appropriate boundaries here.

[instantkarmma]

Thanks :) It's been a monster struggle, especially today when I was like "O HAY, power is on at the other house- LET'S GO" and he was like "oh, like right now? I didn't get a chance to do this laundry and I was going to wash your sheets..." and I said "I appreciate that but honestly? I need to Lysol the HELL out of this house today before I run out of energy" I *know* he's in a bad way and I *know* he's probably lonely but I'm not risking having to go to the hospital just for a chat. It hurt my heart, but that's exactly why you don't mix work and home.

(also, none of this applies to the earlier issues you had emailed me about. "hey, do me a solid and help me with some advice" is way different than "hey, do me a solid and let this person live with you/get them a spot in your facility and be stuck in the middle of our issues, please")