Strange Days

Yesterday I downloaded and filled out a form to send to the folks who manage my IRA. I put it in my mailbox. It was gone when I brought in the mail later. 

Today - when checking to see if the mail had been delivered early - I found that envelope, laid down in my mailbox and hard to see, and soaking wet, with the stamp missing. 

The envelope was ruined. In fact, it fell apart as I was inspecting it. The form was in better shape, the three pages rather damp but intact. By good fortune the ink I used hadn't run. 

I addressed and stamped a new envelope, let the form dry for a while, then refolded it and put it in the new envelope. That went back in the box. Hopefully it gets picked up today. Monday is a holiday.  

Still Sick

I had hoped to get to Lexington today, for shopping and gaming. I'm on the last day of antibiotics and when I first got up was feeling pretty good. However, as the day has gone on I've had several coughing fits, my sinuses have shut down, the tightness in the back of my neck has returned, and I'm feeling increasingly fatigued. 

Now, some of this - such as the neck problem - is likely due to weather changes aggravating my arthritis and allergies. Maybe all of it. However, if I'm not better Monday (or Tuesday, if their office isn't open on the holiday) I'm going back to the doctor. 

Another causative factor is that Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I had to do stuff I may simply not have been ready for. Like checking the sump pump at my Mother's house in the rain last night. :-(