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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Family

Groggy in the day, awake and cranky at night. I’m a lot of fun, I tell ya.

I think the best part about coming back has been the confluence of collection calls about medical bills I can’t pay, credit card that is maxed, kids’ excessive absences while I was away (including three play practices), projects not worked on AT ALL while I was gone, no checks in the mail and bank overdrawn, kid’s lunch account with low balance, my accounts with low balance (love that they politely call “negative” a “low balance”), parents out of town, no tree up yet, too tired to even talk about doing it. The Coup de grâce? A care package from a longtime reader with blank Xmas cards, a music CD, and a ten dollar bill. I looked in my wallet, and let the two dollars in there since last month know that company had arrived. I have the best readers, ever. Somehow, they guess the little things.

Btw, hope for parents worldwide: kids will come in handy someday. Daphne gave me her cash stash in case I needed it to buy groceries yesterday. I was so proud that I was able to get two loaves of bread, milk, & eggs for under twelve dollars, and could give it back to her. As a backup plan, I have about forty boxes of pasta in the garage. Hope the kids like plain pasta.

Actually, I don’t give a rip. They will eat plain pasta.