“The only thing that’s been wrong with your marriage, if I can put it that way, is that it hasn’t been public.”
Rosaria E. Salerno, Boston’s city clerk, as she performed the city’s first same-sex ceremony

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I was talking to someone yesterday about the stresses of life and I think that’s what is getting to me.

Work is definitely NOT good. Several people from around here are contacting attorneys to talk to them about several different issues. It is worrisome. My own issues are just that I’ve been reclassified at a lower level while my peers (people who do the exact same job but in different areas) are being kept at their higher levels. I haven’t lost money and I haven’t lost any benefits but it remains that I’m not pretty much voiceless when it comes to our work. There are certain people who definitely look down at anyone who they perceive as “lesser than” them. In fact, one department head told one of my peers that she should be glad she wasn’t me.
WTF? Ok…whatever.

In addition, I didn’t realize how expensive owning a house would be. I had counted on the mortgage and my regular bills but propane is astronomical and I have to have water hauled to my house and that is so dang expensive. I understand why people normally have 2 income houses because I couldn’t afford one more expense. I feel like I’m drowning and it’s all I can do to keep my head above water.

The person I was talking to also commented that worldly events will often affect our lives. He said that he and his wife are actually getting testy at little things these days and they normally wouldn’t. He said he knows part of it is everything going on in the world.

I’m sure that’s true.