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Ordinary Days are a Pain in the...

The August 13, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
Write about an ordinary day or days.

I should post a warning before beginning this because it could very well turn into a rant. Lately my ordinary days have consisted of frustrations, attempting to get help when the funding is not available or there is a limit to how many people are helped in a month. I just posted a paragraph on face book about waiting on hold and the inability to get back on when I got tired and frustrated because I waited on hold an hour without anyone answering. I know what the problem is (at least I think I know) the assistance program limits the amount of people that it helps each day. It does this by putting anyone on hold who calls around 8:00 AM and keeping them on hold for an hour or two or until the person gets fed up with the stupid hold music, which is the same song over and over. I will attempt to contact them again on Wednesday and see if I can eventually get through (I doubt anyone gets through).

An ordinary day
is a pain,
a frustration of waiting
on hold
or getting a busy signal
because the organization has reached
its help limit.

I suppose I should get back to my rant about my ordinary day. I am tired of waiting in line or on hold (if I've written this before I'm sorry) to find out that there is a limit to the number of customers help in a day or that there is not more funding. I may not have electricity on Monday and there for no internet connection. I think I can live without the internet connection for a while or at least I hope I can. I'll still be pissed, but not about the internet connection. I have some money in the bank that I can use for a partial payment which the power company doesn't want to accept if I ask, but if I just make the payment then there isn't a hell of a lot they can do about it. They will still turn the electricity off, but at least I know I paid something.

An ordinary day
isn't what I want
I want a day
that is exceptionally good,
in which everything
or at least a few things
go right.

Perhaps the problem is my state of mind or my state of depression. It will all work out, I have to believe that somehow I will find the funding. I have to believe a miracle will occur. I have to look for the miracle or discover a way to some how raise the money by Friday or Saturday. I need to try the Energy Assistance Program number again even though it will be busy, I will just have to keep trying. In the morning, I will have everything I need to keep me occupied for two or three hours on hold. At least, I still have a land line so I don't have to use my cell phone because if I did, I would run out of minutes.

Maybe tomorrow or next week my ordinary day will be different. It could get better or it could get worse, but I doubt that it remains the some. That is one of the beautiful things about life, it changes. Sometimes the change is sudden and sometimes it is slow, but life never remains the same. I know I'm not going to let myself sink so I guess I better start swimming or at least dog paddling.