Pardon me while I vent my many fears. Venting them to others makes me feel better. Feel free to add yours.

1. Financial issues: Need to work, illness seems to deem otherwise. Depressed constantly over lack of income.

2. H1N1: It's not as bad as 1918 (YET!), and hopefully it won't get there. That being said, the numbers of H1N1 in the hospital right now for this time of year are ATROCIOUS, and they will go UP. Is it so much to ask for people to wash their hands and stay home from work and social gatherings while they are sick? There are plenty of people out there who are immunocompromised or pregnant, to whom H1N1 is a very big deal.

3. Self Pity: That's all I'm worried about? Just those two things? For goodness sakes, look at all of my blessings. Maybe my doctor is right. Maybe I need to take some Ativan.

I am afraid of mongooses (or is it mongeese?).

I've heard of some pretty creepy mongooses . . . eese . . .

http://www.resologist.net/ryook005.htm

That was sort of disturbing. Only thing scarier than a mongoose would be a talking/singing mongoose.

Ativan is scary. Minivan is the solution. Get one and drive around in it playing ice cream man music. Drive just fast enough so that no child can keep up with you. And laugh. Hysterically.