S T R E S S
1. Elderly and paranoid relative refuses to participate in a land sale that would enhance coffers of her own, her offspring, and their offspring. Takes advice of other paranoid relative in this matter. Three other contiguous land-holding families collect $,$$$,$$$ while our land collects cow shit.
2. Wife’s stepsister is diagnosed with cancer. This follows wife’s other stepsister having cancer, and wife’s stepmother having, and surviving, cancer thrice. Unbelievably worrying.
3. Father’s report form annual checkup is “spots on my lungs”, is going to see a specialist. Father smoked Luckys when I was a kid, switched to Merits in the late 70’s, quite twenty years ago. Very worrying.
4. Mother awakes from nap with swollen foots, distended veins. Susan takes her to ER for 5.5 hr. visit. Gout, brought on by Corned Beef orgy. Spends the night here, is driven to pharmacy and home this a.m.
5. Giant shoe hovering in street in front of house. Previous shoe dropped on neighbor’s house, killing occupants dead. Waiting for other shoe to drop.