February 23

My accountant suggested I am now ~ of an age ~ where I need to consider purchasing long-term care insurance. What is that, you ask? Basically, insurance in case you need to spend your final years in a nursing home (which runs about $100K a year) and want to have a little dignity by living in a decent one, not one that maybe they roll you over once a day, maybe they don't. Yes, getting older is AWESOME.

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February 22

In addition to seeing my accountant, I have added a lunch with a lady friend, a trip to the gym, and a late afternoon coffee "date" with a woman I met online. This is more social engagement than I usually have in a month. 

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February 21

I do not have much to say today. Tomorrow, I am meeting with my accountant to do my taxes. It used to be a day I looked forward to, now, eh, I do not feel much about anything, so it is just another chore to attend to. 

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February 20

Another day, another doctor. I went to my cardiologist yesterday searching for answers to this lingering chest/congestion thing - maybe it's my heart? Who knows, but hey, for the $15 co pay I have to give him, why not see if that's the problem. I've had this illness for more than a month and it's just exhausting and frustrating and debilitating. Chest x-ray? Negative. Antibiotics? Didn't work. Steroids? Didn't work. So, who knows. Maybe this is just the new normal. Maybe I have COPD or lung cancer or asthma that skipped the first 49 years of my life.

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February 18

I am having lunch with a couple of my co-workers today. I am dreading it. I hate these stupid social outings but I am too polite to say no. It is the story of my life. I constantly give in to other people and do not speak up for myself, which just makes me angrier and resentful.

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February 17

I bailed (for now) on a new (new) car. I just could not justify it even though I can afford it. It is the curse of being a responsible adult (TM). Do I take the $10,000 I would have to pay out of pocket and put it toward a new (new) car or drive the perfectly good (new) car I've had for 11 months and has less than 6,000 miles on it and divert that $10,000 toward paying down even more of my mortgage. The responsible adult (TM) wins again ....

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February 16

I had an anxious moment today. I was driving home from the gym when a driver who clearly did not know how to drive around a traffic circle veered across the double yellow line and almost hit me head on. The PTS from my accident kicked in immediately and I leaned on my horn for like 10 seconds. I was so enraged I actually thought about following the driver and reaming them (her) out. It took me like 30 minutes to calm down I was shaking so badly. 

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February 15

I switched it up a little today. I ditched the diner and the incredibly unhealthy breakfast I treat myself to and instead had my regular healthy breakfast at home and went to the 10 AM total body conditioning class at my gym. It was intense, but I felt good afterwards.

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February 14

Valentine's Day. No valentine. No prospect of valentine on horizon. Assume dating will never happen for the rest of my life.

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February 13

Do any of you have that one friend at work who just loves dishing gossip? My day started TERRIBLY. This person had the dirt on a job I applied for in house and how it's basically been promised to someone else totally unaware of how crushing it is to hear this news. She then went on to complain about something I did not care about and told her as much before summarily kicking her out of my office because I had to prep for a meeting. I was in a sour mood the rest of the day.

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