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I'm feeling a bit gloomy at the moment. December has not been easy.
My laptop is still on backorder. I'm writing this on my mother's desktop machine because I needed my internet fix, and because I have a couple of essential things to deal with for tax prep work in 2012 that need to be done online before year's end. Being without a computer of my own for a month now threw a monkey wrench into my plans to buy professional tax software, and start on paid translation work, and generally get new revenue streams into place for the new year (for its own sake, but also to have the means to set up my exit strategy from the upholstery job. I do not want to still be working there next Christmas). It also is interfering with writing projects I had planned to concentrate on once my classes ended, which was a week and a half ago.
Further, I had one of my tooth caps break over the weekend. My dentist is on vacation this week, and while I have an emergency number for him, I'm not in pain, so I can wait till next week to get looked at assuming nothing changes. I'm glad this occurred now while I still have insurance; COBRA is extended to 36 months in New York for medical insurance, but not for dental, so my dental insurance runs out at the end of next month. Fixing the tooth still promises to be an expense I need to think hard about, since what little I have in my savings is earmarked to pay for classes, and with the new laptop and whatever dental expenses I have ahead, that plan is looking shaky.
On top of everything else, I got sick three weeks ago, and I'm still not 100%. I had to look up the number for my brother's house so I could call him for Christmas yesterday, and his number hasn't changed in well over a decade. I've had few opportunities with the holiday season to really rest, so mostly I've had the concentration to do crosswords and other puzzles and then go to bed early, rather than anything productive.
I could go on, but you get the idea. So I'm feeling gloomy. I know some of this blue mood is hormonal so it'll lift soon enough, and I know I'll have a laptop soon, and the dentist will be able to see me next week. So things will be better. It's still a bit hard to shake the notion that the universe has decided to make things rough for a while to see what I'll do. It's a good thing I have a clear vision of where I want to be - folding is not an option!
My laptop is still on backorder. I'm writing this on my mother's desktop machine because I needed my internet fix, and because I have a couple of essential things to deal with for tax prep work in 2012 that need to be done online before year's end. Being without a computer of my own for a month now threw a monkey wrench into my plans to buy professional tax software, and start on paid translation work, and generally get new revenue streams into place for the new year (for its own sake, but also to have the means to set up my exit strategy from the upholstery job. I do not want to still be working there next Christmas). It also is interfering with writing projects I had planned to concentrate on once my classes ended, which was a week and a half ago.
Further, I had one of my tooth caps break over the weekend. My dentist is on vacation this week, and while I have an emergency number for him, I'm not in pain, so I can wait till next week to get looked at assuming nothing changes. I'm glad this occurred now while I still have insurance; COBRA is extended to 36 months in New York for medical insurance, but not for dental, so my dental insurance runs out at the end of next month. Fixing the tooth still promises to be an expense I need to think hard about, since what little I have in my savings is earmarked to pay for classes, and with the new laptop and whatever dental expenses I have ahead, that plan is looking shaky.
On top of everything else, I got sick three weeks ago, and I'm still not 100%. I had to look up the number for my brother's house so I could call him for Christmas yesterday, and his number hasn't changed in well over a decade. I've had few opportunities with the holiday season to really rest, so mostly I've had the concentration to do crosswords and other puzzles and then go to bed early, rather than anything productive.
I could go on, but you get the idea. So I'm feeling gloomy. I know some of this blue mood is hormonal so it'll lift soon enough, and I know I'll have a laptop soon, and the dentist will be able to see me next week. So things will be better. It's still a bit hard to shake the notion that the universe has decided to make things rough for a while to see what I'll do. It's a good thing I have a clear vision of where I want to be - folding is not an option!