I may not have an advanced degree in finance, mathematics, business, law or political science, but I do possess some common sense.  And common sense says leaving your workplace for a long weekend is not the way to resolve any problems and get a task completed.

One of the first news stories I heard this morning was that Congress was in recess for a long weekend.  The next story said the president was supposed to sign the order to make severe cuts to federal workers’ pay and federal programs.

What drives me crazy about these stories and all the interviews that the senators, representatives and the president have been making for the last few days, is the fact that they have known this was coming for a long time!  And this isn’t the first, second or third time they have gotten themselves into a similar situation.  Remember the “Fiscal Cliff”…

As I write this, I am dressed in a thick jumper, with a dressing gown, thick socks and slippers, and considering putting gloves on.  My boiler has died.  The gas man came to fix it, only to tell me that it needs a part.  Best case scenario – I will be warm tomorrow afternoon.  More likely – it will be at least 2 weeks before we have heating or hot water.  Yay!  That’s if the new part works.  Of course we could be looking at buying a new boiler completely.  Deep-bleeding-joy.

Oh but it gets better!  I opened my pendrive this morning, thought I’d get a few more words written and what does my PC do?  Delete the open word document and lose 21,000 words.  And no, it’s not in the recycling bin.  I have been through every troubleshooting option and nothing.  Zip.  Nada!  Thankfully at 19,000 words, I’d backed…