Murphy Returns

It appears as though Murphy has returned to Borderlands. It was a good run while he was gone. In the past week, both the washer and drier died. The drier died with two loads ready to go. They are now together in greener pastures, or wherever washers and driers go. I haven't been able to muster opening the latest vet bill. It's going to be high, that's all I can guarantee. To be blunt, Dick's euthanasia didn't go as smoothly as I'd hoped, so I'm not sure if that will be added to the price or not. I'll refrain from giving details, but least to say it was emotionally and financially rough on me. I couldn't bring myself to look at the bill just yet. Added to that bill is the cost of Thor's adventures with a fence post and his face. I like to think I have a fairly strong stomach but I was nauseaus after seeing that cut. I also have to put in my order of hay for this winter. Add to it the expense of last year's hay that I still have to pay for. Maybe it's not Murphy visiting. Maybe it's Reality biting me in the butt. I've had to cancel all fun outtings for the next couple of months much to my dismay and to others irritation. In most cases my word is good. But when Murphy or Reality rears their ugly head, I have no choice but to abandon all hope of doing anything but the mundane. That also means that I have to go back on my word. Vet bills and household bills come first before play. Someone mentioned that I was burning the candle at both ends. I believe that person was right. I'm currently focused only on the day at hand. Too many things can happen in 24 hours. It makes planning anything difficult but when I can't even see tomorrow, there's no hope of me planning for anything more than hour by hour. Unfortunately I'm focused on the here and now and it takes me a long time to realize that what someone has said will affect the future. I'll be the first to admit that I am a slow thinker and it takes me awhile to realize what ramifications will occur to these changes. I know change is supposed to be good but when I only have time to focus on one emergency, anything else is lost in the weeds until I'm standing in the weeds dealing with the next emergency.

I'm going offline again for awhile. We had a family vacation for a few days but apparently Reality and Murphy took up residence while I was away and now I need to gather my wits and focus on the next emergency I'm faced with. Reality and Murphy are bringing me down and I don't want to bring anyone else down. If you need anything, I'll be around but I won't be blogging much for the next while until I can recover from Reality and Murphy.