The Rundown on The Rundown

Here's what it is, guys: I am running on the edge. Not like in that exciting, interesting, "Cyberpunk" sort of way, but in that I can't get enough sleep until I'm wired on caffeine and then I can't focus because I have at least 230909738-thousand things which all need to be done right now kind of way.

We're moving - have to be out by May 1^st - and I haven't even seen the place yet. As far as things go, we're set; there's little else available in our price range (that we know of right off-hand), this is where we want to be (or, at least, away from where we don't want to be - Decatur County, TN), and it's available for us to move into immediately. Absolutely nothing is packed yet, but most of what we have is books anyway - it's not like we're going to box-up books to move them 15-20 miles away and unbox them. To say it's "stressful" is an understatement.

Most everything has been turned off, so I'm working on dial-up without satellite TV. I have a single TV channel - and it's frigging ABC. I don't even bother getting interested in anything I'm watching - it may get canceled before it's even over! I don't know what to do with my mail yet; if I forward it too soon, I might miss something I need and if I don't get the order in soon enough, I might not get all my mail. This whole thing got screwed-up by a "lost" piece of mail that was delivered over a week late, so I don't even want to go down that road right now.

I have yet to file my taxes because of a late W-2 - it came in like the second week of March! - and now there's everything else going on (we were supposed to be moving in June, not May - thanks, Decatur County, TN post office!), so I'm having to borrow against what I expect, which is going to cost me in the long run, but what else can I do?

Needless to say, this has been a very stressful few weeks and it isn't getting any easier quickly. Just bear with me. If we can just get through these next two weeks, things should start easing up (he said hopefully). And even though the first week or two will be difficult, May should be a lot better. Once we get settled, this may well be a good summer! God willing. Speaking of whom, He should know how badly I could use one or two, so maybe He's feeling generous.

© C Harris Lynn, 2009