Testing the stress levels

When I was at the hospital last week they noticed that I have high blood pressure. This really shouldn't come as a surprise, though I've always had low blood pressure before. But now I weigh too much, I have a very stressful job, with a lot of pressure to produce and prove myself so that I can get a new project when this one is finished etc, my dad died unexpectedly and then, of course, I have Valeria's depression to deal with. Just to increase the stress a little we also have the triennial nation historian's conference here in Göteborg (as I mentioned in my last post I think) Thursday to Sunday and I of course haven't finished my presentation. Today was the first day back at work after two weeks of rehabilitation training and the first four hours was spent dealing with urgent stuff regarding three articles I have written and which are going ot be published soon-ish. Then I could go on with preparing my presentation. Due to my sick absence I haven't done the research I am supposed to talk about, but I can point to a few areas which may be fruitful for further research I hope.

And the week after that we have the swedish pagan conference, in which I am responsible for the communication with participants and registration. It isn't that much work, but it does add to a stress that just didn't need to get any worse. I don't foresee and improvement on the blood pressure front.