Take a Deep Breath and Hold It, Exhale Slowly. Repeat

Little Rants.

Up and down, back and forth, up and down. That's how I've been feeling lately. The old, one step forward and two steps back.
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The job was hectic today. Being out yesterday allowed me to be very, very productive today. Heavy sarcasm. My coworker was also out most of yesterday and all of today. I hope she is back tomorrow. The job seems to be very hectic most days and right now I feel the need to coast to get the things done around the house that are required. A lot of that stuff isn't getting done. I am overwhelmed. I'll get through it. OOHM. September on the beach. OOHM. September on the beach. My new mantra.
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Yesterday the heater guy was here. We need a new heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is the most expensive part of the heater. I walked in as heater guy was talking Spousal Unit into a new heater. I broke into the conversation and asked WTF. It was sorted out that our heater was manufactured by a company that lost a Class Action suit. The heat exchanger and all the labor are covered in this suit. The other stuff that heater guy mentioned may or may not fail in the next four years. I'll nickel and dime that for a few years and replace when we return.
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My niece, by marriage, called the other night. I missed her call 'cause I had gone to bed. I called her back last night and we talked for a long time. Her husband of a 1 1/2 years is a Marine and has gone on a tour to Iraq. He's been there for a while. He does lots of Marine stuff that make me proud. She has never been around the military and doesn't seem to have the support system a military wife needs in times like this. I hope I can start to be a part of her support. She is a good kid and needs it.
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The accountant's admin type person called this evening. She asked, "Did you drop the signature pages for the electronic filing off in our drop box today?" Me, "What are you too lazy to go out to the drop box to see that we didn't drop them off because no one told us to drop them off, the instructions only mentioned that we needed to accomplish this ASAP. We did ASAP and put them in the mail. What's this gonna cost us? For the extension?"
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Life seems kinda sucky right now.

OK. The rants are over. Life is good. Take a deep breath and hold it, exhale slowly. Repeat.