Thank you. I hate when that happens - losing what I've typed. Try to go out with your husband. Buy yourself a little treat of some kind.

I have to get through the initial bad feeling that morning seems to bring. I'm waiting for my apartment to warm up. My furnace keeps cutting out. I don't want to tell my landlady, until I get my place straightened up. I would be embarrassed for her to see that my Christmas tree is still up.

I won't put the TV on because the news is mostly sad. Once the place warms up, I'll work on the mail - bill paying.

I am telling myself that this will not go on forever . . . that I'll come out the other side. I felt very good for much of last autumn. I should be able to get back to that. It's firstly a matter of putting my home in order. The place isn't too bad. Once I get that tree down, it should go pretty fast.

I took my pain pill (hydrocodone.) I don't have all that much discomfort this morning. I take it because it helps me feel a little better mentally. It just kicked in. My back relaxes, and I feel some of the weight on my mind lifted off.

I want to be able to post something good in a few hours. May this day bring some good thing to each of you.