A Few Things Mostly Sad But Not Heartbreaking

A few things that I wanted to write about for posterity. Non of them are earth shattering (because as you know the world revolves around me)

1. Anna, the chicken died about a month ago while I was visiting my parents. I said hi to her along with the rest of them when I arrived. The next morning Mom found her dead in the chicken house. I went out to look at her body. It looked like she had died in her sleep. It's an unusually peacefully way to go for a chicken. That makes it a little less sad somehow.
Mom said that Trouble was staying in the hen house with Anna's body. The two of them were friends especially. Trouble is the lead chicken and Anna was at the bottom of the pecking order and Trouble kept Penny from picking on Anna too much.

2. Andrew didn't get that job. Yeah, you guessed that already. If he'd gotten the job I surely would have written something about it.

3. My Masters of Engineering Final Oral Examination is coming up. It looks like it will happen December 5th. I'm scared. I don't think they are in the habit of failing people but what if I just spin in a circle an pea myself like Micky (my parents dog.)

4. I've been depressed, bored and lonely a lot lately. It's a hard life stage. Andrew's done with school and looking for a job, but no job yet. I'm almost done with school and looking for a job but no job yet. A lot is uncertain and I have a hard time finding things to be proud of myself about. I'm constantly falling short of my own impossible expectations.

5. Here's something happy. My friend Kate got her dream job as a Head Start Counselor. She finally gets to do what she loves for a living.