Eh, this is minor: landscaper's visit needs to happen tomorrow. Excellent reason, heavy rain later today and a client with an emergency, and I can easily accommodate. There but for the grace of God go I, etc.
*This* isn't minor, but hits others much harder than it does me: for a lot of complicated reasons, a local grocery chain was going to move out of this area last year. At the last moment, a different chain from several states over came to the rescue and took over the stores, but, unfortunately, they didn't do their homework and priced everything *just* out of reach for retirees living on Social Security, which is a lot of people here. The original grocery chain had this worked out beautifully, priced a "retiree market basket" affordably or put things on sale every two weeks etc., and made it up on fun/impulse/"fancy" items.
So the retiree contingent bought a few things from the new guys, but carpooled or took elder transit to other places for the rest. Because groceries are important but so is the heat. Or the AC.
I kept hoping the new guys would figure this out and change their price system, but they never did. So now the new guys are pulling up stakes after a year, and a lot of people are going to lose their jobs, and a lot of older folks will be in a tight spot come winter, because there won't be a grocery store at the end of their block when the weather gets bad.
I will (knock on wood) be OK, at least for now; I shop at lots of different grocers on purpose to try and "invest" in all of them; but this still makes me sad, it's a major loss, and not everyone realizes how important stuff like this actually is.
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"I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people," said the man. "You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
-- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!