Come on Feel the Illinoyance...
There's lots of gen-u-ine suffering going on in Illinois and surrounding areas, what with the tornadoes, flooding etc. So I do know how truly blessed we at the end of Smith Ave. are.

But... (and most of us do have a big but) I am maintaining a manageable level of annoyance.

I double checked my checking account before calling Dominick's deli for a pizza. Just to verify that I had about $100 left. But... noooo, I'm $17.83 in the hole. Huh? Fifteen minutes and a nice little talk with the nice lady at the bank later, I knew what the problem was. I didn't feel much better, but at least I knew. Now to make it until payday or when Rick gets paid, whichever comes first. The girls were really nice about my mini-apoplexy, showering me with flowers, some twenty dollar bills and the always appropriate M&Ms.

I should be happy that things shook out in the order that they did, for if a few automatic deductions had gone thru a day earlier, our debit card wouldn't have made it out of the SuperWalMart with $230 in groceries. Like I said, we're blessed.

It would have done me quite a bit of good to go to Mass this morning but I'm stuck at home. My car is at church but I'm at home. Yeah, there are worse places to have a belt snap than a block away from work/church. If the windows worked, I might have considered living out of the van. Stranger people have tried to find sanctuary on the grounds of our parish.

So...we're here, high and dry, the internet is working, we've gone 7 days since a gardener has sliced the TV cable, we have a week's worth of provisions. Maintaining a suitable level of annoyance. Nowhere near ineffably annoyed. Though the week-end is young.