Miscellaneous Updates and Complaining

The cold I’ve had for the last two weeks is finally fading away. I hope. Every time I think I’m about over it, it fights its way back.

My almost brand new furnace is broken. I still have heat, but it needs an expensive fix - hopefully this week. This is the furnace that was put in by my psycho (former) plumber a little over three years ago. At the time, I needed a new furnace and I felt bad for this guy as he seemed to be struggling. He was a young guy with a young family and I wanted to help (He has since relocated.) Lesson learned on my part (maybe.)

I continue to be amazed at how out of shape I am. I raked leaves in my front yard this past Saturday - I even used a leaf blower for most of it (Yes, I know. I hate them, too.) I spent a good part of Sunday wondering why I ached so much and pretending it didn’t hurt to walk. Monday was slightly better.

Sam continues to have assistance in looking for a job. He’s had several interviews and one or two call backs, but so far, nothing has panned out. On the other hand, I don’t know if I mentioned it or not. We finally got through all of the work and submitted the ADA bus transportation application, and he qualifies- for three years, to start. That's one more hurdle down - for now anyway. Besides the everyday stuff - like following up on doctor’s appointments, I have a few other things that I need to address for him. But the next big one, I’m hoping to put off until after the holidays.

And speaking of holidays, I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week - and Christmas is only a month after that! I’m way behind schedule on everything - cleaning, meal planning for Thanksgiving, Christmas shopping, etc. I usually have a bunch of ideas of what I’d like to get people for Christmas, but this year I have none - so far, at least. It's been bothering me because I feel like I haven't even been able to focus on it. I keep telling myself, there’s still time, there’s still time - even though I don’t feel like there is - and what little time there is, is growing shorter...