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I’ve been struggling for the past few years with both of the above-titled concepts, but I can remember a time — maybe just 5-7 years ago when I wasn’t lacking in either of these.  I had a good sense of what/where/who I was, and what I needed in order to make me happy, and I [...]

So I received a call just now from a number that came up as only having 5 digits on the Caller-ID.  I let it go to voice mail, as I normally do with unknown numbers.
The voice mail said that it came from my bank (it actually named the correct bank) and said that my card [...]

Thanks to someone very close to me, my email and website for ely.net will be mine for one more year.
I’m giving up angry.chick though, just can’t afford both.
Things are looking up.

Chalk one up for Rachel Being Completely Clueless:
I called the collection agency that’s handling my Tennessee Student Loan, thinking–my god, is there /any/ way I can get this into deferment, because I know you must hate me because I’m not making payments, and defaulting, etc etc.
Turns out, I’ve been actually MAKING payments. I had [...]

Well, fuck. Isn’t this always the way?
I go frantically scouring the house for the legal copy of my birth certificate–can’t find it.
Oh, wonderful! I can order it online from the San Francisco Dept. of Public Health!
30 minutes later, I find the damned piece of paper.
Need to call them Monday to see if I can [...]