My sincere gratitude to everyone who took the time and effort to respond to my cries for help. As always, compassionate words of encouragement are greatly appreciated, and very effective.
I’d like to say that things took a turn for the better, but in truth, my car broke down on the way home from the office last night. A little nerve wracking since I need to get to Toronto tomorrow for another appointment. Thankfully, I was able to do some work on it last night and get it running again, and managed to get an appointment at the local dealership to give it a solid inspection (what I can do today).
On the upside, the car breaking down was exactly what I needed to push beyond the self-centred preoccupation with all that is ‘wrong’, and start seeing the humour in all this; so (as per usual), life hasn’t changed – but what needed to change did.
Again, many sincere thanks – and best wishes!