I'm glad you finally had a day off, but sorry you don't feel acknowledged in your day-to-day life. I know you have a full schedule & being down doesn't help. As for feeling ignored here, I think that's just negative self-talk. A PC user who knows everyone on the boards probably spends too much time on the computer! I feel people on PC are like a pack of wolves (or is that hyenas? )...we take care of our own, whether familiar, or not. Please keep posting. I think it's a healthy place to share the things that are bothering us. As for your contention that you post things no one knows how to answer, you're right. That question you wrote a while back - "How & why was the universe formed?" was a bit out of my league.

As for me, they kicked up my shoulder surgery to next Thursday. I'll be hurtin' for certain (rotator cuff surgery is notoriously painful) & I'll have my arm in a sling for at least 4-6 weeks - which means it will be very difficult for me to type & that I'll be cooped up because I can't drive until my shoulder has improved & is out of the sling. So...there's always that to look forward to. On the bright side, Michigan State plays Ohio State on Saturday. If State wins, they have a great chance of playing in the Big Ten Championship Game. That will be something to distract me so my brain won't entirely overheat. One of my big concerns about this surgery is how the pain & isolation will affect my moods. The time change & the decreasing daylight are both bad since I already have SAD...plus, as you know, graystreet, Michigan is generally pretty freakin, gray & cloudy this time of year. Oh well, things can always be worse, right?