An update of sorts

[cabbitzilla]

There's not been a lot of actual content here for a bit. Mostly that's attributible to ongoing fatigue, but there are other factors in play as well.

• There's still one thread that ties Megan and I together: the IRS. Waiting for responses/feedback is brutal and there's no alternative to just sitting and waiting for the high and mighty taxperson to make their decision already. The worry over this is never far from my mind. I live so close to the line of insolvency that -any- action against my pay would drag me under.
• My health has continued to decline, and that also is worrying. It's not just the excess weight that seems impossible to get off, it's the heavy encroachment of arthritis AND the blown knee. The knee is healing, but it's very very slow; I'm already on my second McDavid brace, having thoroughly trashed the first from simple overuse.
• The ongoing financial disaster that is my sister's family is another big one. Somewhere along the way I ended up the 'responsible' one in the family. Me. The one everyone relies on. (How did this happen? For years I was the black sheep of the family, and suddenly this?!) But that responsibility puts me at ground zero for straightening them out. Crystal's help is... beyond price. I've never met anyone who can juggle and maneuver numbers the way she can. All I do is translate it common English. Well, until today, when I stepped in with both big booted feet and stomped on my sister's proverbial fingers for nearly bouncing a check. Me + Any Sort of Financial Advice = WtF?!, but there go I but for the grace of the Divine.
• Now mix in a heavy dose of bi-polar disorder, the well-known GID issues and my generally volcanic temper and stir vigorously. Those without fear can add blood pressure-induced nosebleeds to it for seasoning.

And I do believe I found an old and very dear friend by way of filkertom's journal. Maybe she'll recognize the moniker or follow it here. Hopefully if it doesn't ring bells she'll ask. I remember her being the inquisitive sort. :)

So now I'm going to go take a nap. Fear not, Maryland is... well, it's still here. That's got to count for something. And I'm out. Ciao, darlings.

Comments

Re: New Friend

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

I'd wondered (belatedly) if you'd remember who the heck I was. Somehow I'm not surprised you finally migrated to LJ; I kept managing to lose track of email conversations and never quite knew where to pick up. *hugs* Yah, I've been on LJ for forever... I just missed the cutoff for the early adopters way back when. I'm old. :p

*hugs more* Things going decently for you, love?

Re: New Friend

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Eh ... everyone here is still breathing. Finances are very very tight, though. Right now the only regular income we have is a housemate paying rent; Doug's unemployment just ran out, and my last regular paying gig stopped paying. So it's mostly freelance from here.