Monday March 28, 2005
Blah. Cloudy most of today. Which made it cooler inside as well. Got out for a short walk. More dishes washed (because I cooked once today - yay me!). Fielded all kinds of thoughts and reminders to myself most of the day. Thought about making a list and then got distracted (a very easy thing for me these days) investigating law school information. Just in case I luck into one next year (or even the year after?)
No strange dreams last night. But not a lot of real deep sleep either. Waking up in pain is not conducive to leaping out of bed (well, not unless the pain is extremely severe as it was 9 years ago when the original painful incident attacked me).
Hardly seems like nine years has gone by. I guess when life speeds up time feels different. I know when it slows down a week feels like a long time. One of these days I'll get it rolling normally again. At least that's the hope once the neck has been "done". Yeah, I'm having a neck job. Ha ha. Not really funny, I know... sorry.
In the first 8 months of the year back then I:
- worked on a cool and fun software project (can't say I have since)
- went to Tax Court to argue about my assessment (and sort of won but ... not exactly: many thousands of unpaid taxes came immediately due)
- (did the best I could but) failed to revive a newborn
- was off work for four months with my bad disc attack
- got not one but two job offers in the States
- purchased a house in Virginia
- left my son in Ottawa to fend for himself along with the great bunch of friends I'd worked and socialized with for over a decade
- moved my daughter, three cats and dog to Virginia (for the record she told me she hated me every single day for four months - daughter that is, the animals were contented)
- didn't miss the snow (or Revenue Canada) one bit, but did miss seeing my son
Life has just gotten busier and busier each year after that. Until the stress finally benched me and then by the liver and neck took advantage of the situation. Just in case I was thinking of jumping back into the fray.
The current retreat from the world is just a little lull for regrouping as far as I'm concerned.
[AND... only 22 days to go until Fusion Day - I'd better get some lists made tomorrow]
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