Hard Times

Things right now are going very badly for me.  Here is a short list, in no particular order:

  • I have no working toilet in my house.
  • I have several exams and papers due this week.
  • My poor wife has been injured or sick for several weeks and I am powerless to make her feel any better.
  • My email seems to work only around 50% of the time.
  • Cox Cable switched from the national PBS high-definition feed to the local one, and now I don’t get the same programs; other programs I like show at different times; the signal looks much worse; and I will now have to endure the frequent pledge drives, which the national feed doesn’t carry.
  • I still haven’t got my motorized bicycle running.
  • I changed guitar strings a few weeks ago, and now my Telecaster won’t stay in tune with itself.
  • My guitar makes an annoying buzzing sound because the outlet my amplifier is plugged into isn’t grounded.
  • I cannot stop eating Girl Scout Cookies and I feel guilty.
  • I have a million chores to do around the house and very little time to do them.
  • I have to read hundreds of pages for school, and I am not up to the task.
  • I am very tired, and it’s only nine o’clock in the morning.
  • When I am at school, I cannot concentrate on what my professors are saying, because I am thinking about one or more of the above.

One Response to “Hard Times”

  1. Sorry to hear all that at once. This too shall pass. Hope M feels better soon!

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