"Serenity NOW!!"
Apparently, the mail service around here has been a little off lately. (I was beginning to suspect as much, because I've noticed I've been getting an awful lot of mail that hasn't been addressed to me - I wonder who's been getting mine?? - which I've had to return.) Now I had just begun to realize yesterday that the monthly bills hadn't come in when they usually do, and what should arrive in today's mail but a handful of said bills, three due tomorrow, one due today (!!), and a shut-off notice from the water company, who apparenly didn't receive last month's check due to said mail mix-up! And goodness but they're quick to shut things off these days...only one payment was missed... (Who did get that check, and what are they currently doing with it?? Oh, dear...)
I spent the remainder of the afternoon, after the mail arrived at three, writing checks and making calls...I've put a stop-payment on the check that aparently never reached its destination and paid the water bill in full...Hopefully it will arrive in time to stop the shut-off (the noice arrived with only five days left of the ten-day warning period)...Tomorrow I will call the post office and scream at them speak to them calmly and politely about the problem.
My somach is a bit tied up in knots (I tnd to be a little bit compulsive about paying bills on time and not doing so, even accidentally, makes me unbelievably anxious), but I'm otherwise okay. Two days ago this would have sent me into hysterics...progress, perhaps?
I think this calls for a calming late-night walk...I shall look at the Halloween lights that are becoming popular in this neighborhood; it's a bit misty tonight, and the lights should glow through the fog most eerily...
I'm actually surprised at myself for staying as calm as I am, considering that there's been...