Life just doesn't seem to have the urgency it used to have

and that, actually, is a blessing.

I can stay up as late as I wish and get up when I am ready to.

It remains a relief to not be a teacher anymore.  As Sybil said so well, public education is not a user friendly place anymore. Not by a long shot.

I hope to be past the anger and disappointment I still feel over my experiences in Florida, but that isn't reality yet.

The house is a wreck.  It just is. In my current financial condition, I doubt I will be able to salvage it. The tarp on the roof appears to be doing its job.  That is a comfort. I cannot shed the notion that this, the only house I have ever owned and one I have resided in for over a quarter of a century will ultimately have to be surrendered to some scavenger.  The next year will tell the tale.