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Don't cry over spilled [tea]

This all began at the beginning of the month when I decided I could no longer continue working because of my MCL. It was little things at first, but lately the problems seem to be mounting. Even when I thought I had one problem solved, it really wasn't.

But it really got started about a week ago, when I broke one of my good wine glasses putting it into the dishwasher to drip dry [in retrospect I shouldn't have done that, since it really didn't fit], after which I broke one of my jars of green tea, as I was taking it out of the refrigerator, spilling nearly 100 grams (enough for 50 cups) of gyokura (the expensive stuff) on the floor. Then on top of that, yesterday I discovered Verizon screwed up my cell phone charges, all having to do with the number change I posted about 10 days ago, and I don't know if I'm going to be able to easily [or inexpensively] rectify it to my satisfaction.

It's enough to make a grown man cry!

[help]BTW, anyone know anyone at Verizon that might be able to help me out with my problem?[/help]

And all this on top of the fact I'm still waiting for my SSDI to be approved, and for the results of my latest bloodwork from this morning.

Hopefully I'm just getting all the bad stuff out of the way at once, and it will be smooth sailing from here on in, or at least the next several months. It's just right now I'm not feeling very optimistic.
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