Running Out of Month

This month has been stressful. We were sick during a good deal of it. There were doctor's appointments and other appointments and car repairs and annoyances. It's even ending with those.

Still, the month felt very short. It felt like it lasted two weeks instead of four. I'm really shocked that we're at the end of it already. It seems like it should have held on longer than this.

Then again, it's also been a rather hot September. Maybe October will be cooler and feel like it lasts longer. But in a good way, not in some oppressive, awful way.

Professional Obligations

Someone close to me had a doctor retire with no warning. Now everyone who saw this doctor is scrambling to find someone new. This is, of course, difficult as all of these people are doing this at the same time. 

The doctor in question could have handled this better. He knew he was going to retire. He could have spoken to people about this when he saw them for appointments or he could have sent out letters in advance or something, anything, honestly would have been better than nothing at all.

Part of being a professional is helping people to move smoothly through difficult transitions. He could have done this but opted not to. Now quite a few people are having to live in medical limbo until this matter is resolved.

Good Weekend

I watched a great movie this weekend, talked to some friends for hours, and listened to amazing music. 

There were other issues going on with my physical body, but I'm going to try not to focus on those and just focus on the beautiful parts of my experience. I'm kind of tired of just complaining all the time. 

With that in mind, it was a good weekend.

Parental Slavery

I've been watching a lot of stuff over Jill Duggar's new book. I'm not surprised by how abusive her father was, though I am shocked at some of the ways it manifested. 

Apparently one of the principles of Gothard's teachings is that fathers should be self-employed and then hire their sons to work for them, that way they maintain more control over their adult children. In the case of the Duggars, this extended to the daughters as well, given that they had the TV show and the daughters were the more popular people on it.

Controlling the finances of people is classic abusive behavior. I was expecting the shaming and the yelling and  the manipulation, but I didn't realize how much the money would come into play here. I should have. 

I'm glad people are starting to talk about how evil this whole thing has been. I really hope at some point, TLC is held responsible as well.

Progress

 I think for perhaps the first time in my life, I had a very good experience at the doctor's office. I'd made a great deal of progress and it showed. She was pleased. I was pleased.

It was a very nice feeling, one I hope continues in the future.

Worried

I found out a friend was sick today. Their health is never the greatest and I'm worried about them. This friend is someone I only know online and I'm not sure how things would play out if something seriously happened to them. How would I ever know?

How would they know if something happened to me? Maybe I should have some sort of protocol in place to where they can be contacted if I die. Maybe that's the right thing to do.

Rough Week

This has not been a good week. Things got disappointing for me and I'm having to start over on some things that I hoped would be progressing. It's upsetting and I really was angry at myself earlier.

I'm not angry right now. It's cool and the fans are off. The cat is asleep peacefully on the couch. So in those ways, life is good.