Events Unfolding
Some stressors continue, while others have passed.
1. I have completed a teaching assignment, teaching QuarkXpress to three very nice students over a two-day course. That I haven’t used Quark in several years did not affect my performance. Having used it for sixteen years prior to stopping seemed to help.
2. The first night of Passover at my sister-in-law’s house went better than expected, and there was no drama. However, the sister-in-law’s sister’s (my wife’s stepsister) situation is very, very serious, and until more tests are completed no treatment will start. It is known that there will be radical surgery and reconstruction, radiation, chemotherapy. She is 41, and has two daughters, 13 and 6.
3. The paranoid relatives seem to have relented. Seem to is intentional phrasing. Paranoid and deceptive are a fine combo. There will be more of both before anyone receives a check. Interestingly, I have received an email just now from the Broward Sierra Club opposing limerock mining in the EAA (Everglades Agricultural Area). Our property is far away from the Everglades, but that is the reason the land is valuable.