I HATE HURRICANES
You would think that the coming hurricane would be enough to worry about, wouldn't you?
I'm worrying about whether I'll be able to borrow equity against my house so that I can get a tree cut down before the hurricane hits. It's in a very bad position and it could take out my house or the one next door. And honestly, all the cheery news about wind speeds isn't making me feel as if this hurricane is going to do anything less than destroy my house, what finances I have, or both.
I hate knowing that there's not a thing I can do except batten down. And all the prospects everyone is warning about--loss of power, for example--aren't just minor inconveniences to me. If I lose power...no lymphatic pump. No phone. No Internet. No TV or radio to tell me the news. No lights. No water. No nothing.
And for God knows how long.
I've been fighting massive swelling in the legs this summer. I've had to deal with cellulitis and staph infections. If I have to spend days without that pump, I am going to get much, much sicker. It will take me at least six months to recover from those days without it.
I hate feeling like everything I've done to try to improve this summer has just been kicked in the teeth.
I hate being afraid of storms and bad weather and disasters (storm-related and financial) all the time.
I'm crashing just in anticipation of this storm.
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I'm worrying about whether I'll be able to borrow equity against my house so that I can get a tree cut down before the hurricane hits. It's in a very bad position and it could take out my house or the one next door. And honestly, all the cheery news about wind speeds isn't making me feel as if this hurricane is going to do anything less than destroy my house, what finances I have, or both.
I hate knowing that there's not a thing I can do except batten down. And all the prospects everyone is warning about--loss of power, for example--aren't just minor inconveniences to me. If I lose power...no lymphatic pump. No phone. No Internet. No TV or radio to tell me the news. No lights. No water. No nothing.
And for God knows how long.
I've been fighting massive swelling in the legs this summer. I've had to deal with cellulitis and staph infections. If I have to spend days without that pump, I am going to get much, much sicker. It will take me at least six months to recover from those days without it.
I hate feeling like everything I've done to try to improve this summer has just been kicked in the teeth.
I hate being afraid of storms and bad weather and disasters (storm-related and financial) all the time.
I'm crashing just in anticipation of this storm.
This entry was originally posted at http://gehayi.dreamwidth.org/432001.html. Please comment there using OpenID.