"Joy to the world was a beautiful girl but to me Joy only meant sorrow..." -from Neilson Schimelson. Yep, a lot of family and friends have died during the last seven years, the price of everything keeps going up with no recouperation in wages. - now the hours keep going down too . . . They say we're on the virge of a resession here in 'merica(I think that's putting it lightly) and our governator, the 'Honorable' Arnold Swartzawhatever wants everybody in California to PAY what will probably amount to well over $500.00 a year for what he hopes will become manditory health insurance. I'm short on  my rent this month, I'm half starving and I'm on the virge of giving up my cat to a friend because soon if my misfortune continues, I won't even be able to feed her - to say nothing of my internet connection or my auto insurance and I really need new clothes (and a vacation to say Jamacia for a couple of months). I could also stand to get some dental work done. So it's not just you . . . but strangely  I don't care about all that  because as Jimmy Rogers sang: 

"you can be happy if you've a mind to."