"The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude." -- Washington Irving (b. 1783-04-03, d. 1859-11-28)
Today starts a dark part of the calendar for many of us,
with rememberances of:
And at the end of this span we also have:
In the middle of these grim anniversaries we also have the
more positive:
Argh. Short version: got way behind on electric bill from not having enough to pay that and buy groceries at the same time for the past several months. Lost track of how long I'd let that situation go on. Found note on my door when I came back from doctor, saying they'd been here to turn off my power and next time would be for real. Don't have enough for the whole prevent-turn-off amount. Mom says she'll mail some, but still not enough. Billing office just gives me a menu for various automatic options, not a "beg a human for a few more days to try to straighten things out" option. Notice included phone numbers for govt. programs I should've called months ago; working up my nerve to call and find out how long that proces will take. Have a womdigious headache, and need to get migraine pills refilled. Stress not helping headache. Wheeeeeee.
Huh. This doesn't bode well for my stress level the rest of the day:
[standard automatic phone system voice] The voice mailbox for [different voice] Energy Usage Assistance [first voice] is full ...
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