The death of our animal companions is brutal. I'm getting off the hook on that one for a while. Today I had my cat Jason, who had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, checked by Antonio Quinones DVM at VCA Faxon Animal Hospital.
The jinx has been lifted off our household, just as a clairvoyant at Pilgrim's Way in Carmel, California had predicted would happen this June. Dr. Quinones found no fluid in Jason's lungs and his heart sounded okay. That's the great news. Of course, now that Jason will be will the family a lot longer, we have to have his teeth attended to and his weight brought under control.
The light has been breaking through on other fronts, too. My business is picking up and all the assignments contain elements that I can leverage to get more assignments. The IRS sent me a check, claiming I had overpaid. Stunned I brought it to the bank to have them verify that it was a real check. Yes, real, they said. In 11 months, I will start getting Social Security. Given that I had made a bundle in better economic times, the monthly amount will be enough to help me finally pay down debt.
Best of all, I'm not trying too hard. That was left over on the mustmustmust-do list but it wasn't happening. Then it did.
Hannah Arendt, famous for her take on the banality of evil, framed her life in "no longer" and "not yet." I am delighted at so many "no longers" in my own life. For the first time since I lost my mind, business and nest egg in 2003, I am getting excited about the "not yet."
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