editrx and her husband are dear RL friends of mine (almost my only RL local friends in fact) who have 'been there' for me throughout this very rugged past year, despite having had INFINITELY more than their share of bad fortune (starting with the wells failing a year ago, in fact, you might recall.) If any of you could see fit to help them out with their ( Read more... )

for all the kind words and advice - I have decided that I will probably *not* be macho and tough it out and go in today, even for a couple of hours, since I have been assured that they can get by and I shouldn't feel guilty, and another day with the ace bandages, aleve, liniment and cat sounds like a plan. There is also Ye Olde Analogue Notebook, ( Read more... )

1. Insomnia ( Read more... )

and an effort to suppress inappropriate wisecracks in compensation for being snifflyThank you all for chipping in - I will be able to pay the rent, the electric and internet, and disks to back up my many-months-long overdue hard drive, and get an inexpensive bicycle this coming week. And not have to worry about skipping meals in order to feed the ( Read more... )

Good News, Middling News, Baddish News

The good news is that I am, I think, finally ekefully employed* again. I'm pretty certain they will keep me on after the probationary period, and I don't think it's going to be wrist-slittingly awful even after the glow wears off, which is to say that from the perspective of having to take the first job offer ( Read more... )

Once again, thank you all for your kind condolences - the community support means more than you might guess. I'm doing better in some ways, not so sure in others (I didn't get drunk, but since that was because I had neither alcohol nor cash and was too depressed to go out to get any of either, I'm not sure it counts as a plus, but I've managed to ( Read more... )

Thank you all for the kind words - they're much appreciated ( Read more... )

Right now I'm not feeling too great, because I just confirmed that I didn't get the pretty-nearly ideal job that I interviewed for and was really hoping to get (nor the other one that would have been acceptable) both of which were on bus lines and thus doable, and I haven't gotten any more responses to resumes and inquiries (but lots of useless ( Read more... )

There has to be some kind of special cat-radar that lets them know when you absolutely least need them to be snuggly, so they can inevitably show up and get their feelings hurt when you make them get down ( Read more... )

So I get up this morning, turn on the coffee, blunder out to the computer to check the email and - well, you know how sometimes cats have little "difficulties" with the litter box, and small turds that stick to their fur and then drop off elsewhere? This morning there were two, one on my desk chair, and...one sitting in the middle of my keyboard. ( Read more... )