An epiphany heralds the end of a bad Autumn '08 chapter

I woke today with receipts on my mind...namely, the mountain of them that have piled up ever more by the day since late May, stuffed into my daily planner...mentally draining me by looking at them EVERY.SINGLE.DAY...physically taking up space and being a total eyesore. You know me, I like to keep track of my every cent...along with being just a TAD obsessive-compulsive. But, ENOUGH!! I swore to myself that by the time I went to sleep tonight, those receipts would be GONE!

Now this is significant in 2 ways. First, that I eventually merely TACKLED said Pile O'Receipts. But more importantly...that I would NOT spend a day...or 2...or 3 on tabulations. No, this would be a severely truncated ordeal. Life is too short. Actually, my first thought was to simply TOTALLY disregard them and toss them into the trash without looking at them. But late tonight, I figured I'd just quickly add them all up WITHOUT the usual painstaking breakdown that I will NOT even get into here. And, so, BOOM! They're gone! Just like that. Under 2 hours...and that's not even a fair estimate, as I was doing it in spurts and while playin on the internet. About an hour or so if I'd totally focused on it. BEYOND freeing!! Clutter GONE!! I wish I could've lit them all on fire, but that's probably against some urban law. Christ, I need a cathartic & symbolic fireplace.

So the receipts are gone. And I'm feeling better, too. The past 2 weeks, I've had ANOTHER issue I won't even get into. It's just been one ailment after the other this autumn. Knock on wood, though...i'm feelin REFRESHED the past couple days!! And can I please have at least a five-year hold on people in my life dying? Because that's kind of a big, big downer. It's been a shitty autumn. Until now. Things are looking up...and, naturally, i'm hesistant to think or write that. But I just did. I pray the other shoe doesn't drop. It's good to FEEL good again.