What my handyman retired from is from his job (handyman) to supplement social security. He retired from his career job just before I did in 2012. Now he intends to get stuff done around his own house. I replied to him asking for recommendations for a replacement AND whether he'd consider doing a few simple odds and ends for me.

Interesting day. I ate lunch (salad and chicken) on the deck. Found a cheap replacement a couple weeks ago for the umbrella table that blew off in the windstorm, so actually had a place to do this. Then (because I can't look anywhere without seeing something that needs to be done) I dragged a couple good-sized branches off the side of the driveway and out of the way down the hill, and raked more leaf mulch out of the bank and then out of the center of the turnaround. Nice thing about this work is I can actually see what I'm doing. I'm far far from finished, but at least I can see progress.

Then I took the letters to the post office and, on my way home, stopped at the town offices to get an answer to a question.

Got back home to fill out the online forms for my tooth extraction by an oral surgeon later this month. One of those forms where I had to keep running back and forth to my purse for various information and upstairs to fill in the details of the few meds I'm on. Checked my email and got a message that the person who said she would be the volunteer coordinator for the PMFF had second thoughts. Ye gods! One. More. Thing. Just can't deal with it right now, but I emailed my former board member who was involved and asked to make a phone date with her.

Meanwhile, Sabine came up to my leg repeatedly and tried to climb (with her claws) into my lap. I kept shooing her away and she kept coming back. I lost it. I just lost it and screamed "No! No! No!" Just one thing too much today.

Then the phone rang. My former board member saying to ignore what the other person had said. Just put it out of my mind. And we have a phone date for Sunday night.

I'm an emotional wreck. I've been on a rollercoaster all day. And to think last week I came home relaxed and refreshed from a two-day vacation... Sigh.

I'll go to see "Mr. Turner" tonight at Portsmouth library.

Linn