Lookin' forward to next year

I admit it.

I am running out of steam.

The project that I am on is sucking the life out of me like an industrial vacuum set to ‘evacuate’. It is like being in a big sandbox with a bunch of spoiled kids who are all trying to make a sandcastle, but they all want it done their way and each has a different idea as to what it should look like. They are all doing their own thing while the people that are running the job sit where it is warm and worry about billing. Getting anything done is a battle and I am already behind schedule.

The holidays always get me down, and adding to that feeling this year, the father of the Mrs. passed away following a rather lengthy illness. I will miss him in my own way. The Mrs. is trying to stand tall, but it is hard for her. Frankly, I admire her courage.

Medical bills came in for December, and I learned that one 2” by 2” gauze bandage now costs about $17.00! Even after insurance the cost in considerable. The part that really gets to me is that the diagnosis was the flu. I can now see that I should have invested in the medical industry years ago.

The company that delivers my propane did the annual “Let’s get the billing up” deal and delivered well over $500 in LPG without informing us they were going to do so. We discovered that they had made the delivery when the bill arrived in the mail where they demanded the entire amount in ten days. I think that is another business that hindsight tells me is a good idea.

Friends in and out of the hospital, kids who don’t have enough sense to come in out of the snow, and people that want things from you but never return on the investment all add up to a lot of stress in this already stressful season.

I hope next year is better or I might start listening to those voices in my head that are giving bad advice.

(Except the one that is telling me to fix the roof. Getting up on a slippery roof in the winter is just stupid. How dumb do I think I am?)

Oh yeah ….. Merry Farookin’ Christmas, y’all.

OK. Let’s face it. I am kinda depressed.

Now that I have all that whining out of the way, I am working on making next year better.