My dental bill won't be paid this month. Had to put it on a credit card, and pray that I'll get a speaking engagement next month to cover it. Lost my health insurance. Good news, I can get onto my husband's.
My goddaughter is worrying about her sons autism spectrum disorder.
My friends son just got convicted of assault, when he jumped into a tussle to break up a fight, but the real malcreants ran off, so the cops had a nice Puerto Rican "perp" to throw the book at. No priors, and he's headed off to prison.
My neighbor, an elderly Katrina evacuee, still hasn't gotten his FEMA money, and he had flood insurance. F*** you Bush and Brownie.
The entire graduate nursing program at my college has been wiped out, with one stroke of a pen by an administrator.
The mosquito population in my area is higher than it's ever been in recent history.
Gas prices are rising again, and my county has almost no rural public transportation.
I've attended more funerals than weddings this year. Perils of getting older. Thought about that while watching Teddy's send-off.
Yay! My first Social Security check comes in two days.
I can now predict the weather with my joints. I do better than meteorologists, but don't get paid for it.
My tomatoes got blight this summer.
I just gave away all my goats - overwinter feed is too expensive.
There is nothing interesting to watch on television even though I have over 200 cable channels.
On the other hand. I'll probably have more time to re-read Jane Austin and James Baldwin.
I spend too much time looking at the diaries list on Daily Kos. They don't cheer me up. Except on Friday.
Gloomy Sunday was my favorite tune this week.
Had a great healing ceremony here this weekend. Free, for my community. House still smells of sage.
Living life one day at a time is a bitch. But at least I'm living.
So, life goes on and tomorrow is Monday.
Cheering myself up with the song of Mehitabel, my favorite alley cat :
i have my ups and downs
but wotthehell wotthehell
yesterday sceptres and crowns
fried oysters and velvet gowns
and today i herd with bums
but wotthehell wotthehell
i wake the world from sleep
as i caper and sing and leap
when i sing my wild free tune
wotthehell wotthehell
under the blear eyed moon
i am pelted with cast off shoon
but wotthehell wotthehell
do you think that i would change
my present freedom to range
for a castle or a moated grange
wotthehell wotthehell
cage me and i d go frantic
my life is so romantic
capricious and corybantic
and i m toujours gai toujours gai
So, how was your week?