The crazy lady strikes again

Yesterday, we went to our local food pantry to pick up a food basket that had been reserved for us. In the process, I got to thinking - wouldn't it be wonderful if there were more people to help out at such events? I thought that way because I was annoyed at the very long line and extremely slow service we received. There were only two clerks on duty to check in people standing in a line long enough to worry me. Just because you're poor doesn't mean you're not entitled to the same type of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thanks to everyone who has commented on this blog - I really appreciate the extra clicks. The cable bill got resolved to my satisfaction. A continuing problem is how to raise the money to keep things going. Thankfully, this is my responsibility, at least partially. I'm grateful for all the help those who click on my blogs give me. Today, I was Googling a name from my past - Constance Cumbey. She is a lawyer from Michigan, who happens also to be a Baptist interested in the New Age movement. She... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm about ready to go nuts right now. The cable has been shut off because we had a balance due of over $150 that I didn't know about, and I'm a frantic nervous wreck worrying about how to pay for it. Never mind that we have potentially enough income sources active right now to make up for this balance; it's immediate, and I'm frantic. Perhaps it's just because I wasn't expecting this that I'm so upset. I mean, it's just dealing with this problem over the short term that has me worried. If there... Sign in to see full entry.

I finished our 2003 taxes last night, fortunately with a little help from my husband (who knew how to operate the calculator). The funny thing is that once I got the taxes done, I felt a lot better, even though I seriously considered not doing them at all despite the serious consequences to us. (As I told the IRS representative the other day on the phone, there are some really interesting legal consequences if you don't file at all - they assume that the simple act of not filing constitutes the... Sign in to see full entry.

This is another day I had a difficult time coming up with a title for a post. (I hate when that happens.) Today, I'll finally get around to our 2003 taxes. Frankly, I'm dreading the prospect; I've put it off for over a year, and I really don't want to do it. I just don't feel well enough as yet. (Don't worry - the IRS knows I've been in and out of the hospital the past year. I made a point of telling them when I talked to them last week.) On the plus side, thanks to all of you for clicking onto... Sign in to see full entry.

My daughter has been unemployed for a month - well, actually, a little over a month, if you look at the calendar. I'm starting to go into something of a panic attack about whether or not she is able to get a job at any point in the near future. This is true despite the fact that I have Plan B in mind for her - I hope to hire her as part of my promotion team for the book Garfield is writing. I worry that her references are out of date (never mind that I could help her with that in a non-intrusive... Sign in to see full entry.

Well, Garfield's male human is feeling much better. Yesterday, he apparently had a touch of the stomach flu; he had some concerns as to whether he'd be able to finish out the day at work. (No, I won't gross you out by going into nauseating detail.) Fortunately, things turned out OK in the end (if you'll pardon the bad pun), and things went well the rest of the day. Today is going much better for me, largely because I am less worried about things going wrong. I still worry, but not as much. I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

This is another one of those days when I couldn't think of a title off the top of my head. Garfield's male human went to work today despite my better judgment. I'd rather see him take the day off to heal up some more, but he is concerned that he wouldn't get paid for the day if he didn't go in. Granted, we could always use the money, but I worry about the health effects of him overdoing things. I suppose that's my job - to think of these things. That's really about all that's going on today with... Sign in to see full entry.

It's been a very boring weekend. My husband - the "male human" referred to in Garfield's blog - has been down with his joint problems all weekend, and I've spent most of it watching him and waiting for him to heal up properly, which is why I'm bored. Also, Garfield is too modest - or perhaps too ashamed - to admit it, but she is experiencing writer's block. She is having a hard time coming up with topics to write about. Now, the original intent of the book was to take one health topic per day... Sign in to see full entry.

Garfield is especially worried about me today, as she says in The Secret Life of Cats (accessible through my member profile). That's because I feel very tired - almost as tired as I did the last time I got hospitalized, for severe anemia. (My hemoglobin - a measurement of a certain chemical within my blood cells - went down to 5.4, when it should be closer to 12 or 14.) I'm hoping I can get some rest. I plan on taking some iron and remembering my other nutriceuticals. (When I take iron, I also... Sign in to see full entry.