  Wall Street Journal& nbsp;  urlLink link re: nbsp; Linda Ronstadt. nbsp;  I'm bored already with that.  Just to be politically fair though,  I try to miss all Charleton Heston movies. nbsp;  I always picture Pharoah saying "
no"  to&
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let my people go"  and then Chuck pulls out a double barrel and blows him away.
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 Sorry I missed a day of blogging.
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 Got to be more disciplined .
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 Eric stopped by to work on the furnace some more.
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 My AC went kaput a few weeks ago and I finally called him up to get a quote,  he said he might as well do the furnace while he's here since it was about 30 years old.
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 He didn't want to come back the first cold week in October.
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 Tonight,  he was here late,  that's ok,  but then I got to bed late because I&
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then watched a tivo'd Nip/ Tuck( great writing,  good looking rich people having sex,  great show- watch it without the kids)
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 A storm moved in early this morning,  woke up the kids -  get them back to bed,
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laid down with them,
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get them to sleep&
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 then sump pump came on from the rain water and wouldn't turn off.
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The Divine Mrs.  M turned that off and waited up for it to need turned off again.  I could hear her watching Design on a Dime.
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 Then it started.
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 Little worries crept into my brain.
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 What if that happens?  What if this happens?  Where's the money for this coming from?
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 These things ping into my brain in rapid succession and my mind becomes an echo chamber for worries.
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 They speed up and I can't keep track of them.
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 A cacaphony of stress and anxiety.
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So I lay awake,  stare at the ceiling and stew.
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 I can usually stop myself before it spins out of control.
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 Fine!  I told myself.
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I'll get up.
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 Shower.
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 Put on clothes.
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 Hit my sites.
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 Blog this out of my head.  I come from a strong line of worriers and fretters and borderline paranoid personality disorder victims.
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In reality,  my worries usually never&
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materialize.
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 The money always seems to come when needed.
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 And if it doesn't,  it doesn't seem that bad.
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 I remember when the market was down,  really down,  I sat up night after night double over in worry and spent a few nights tossing up dinner.
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 I had very specific fears.
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 Never happened.  Energy wasted.  Stay you.
