#SongoftheDay Watching the Detectives (Elvis Costello)
I'm lying on my bed as I write this post. I woke up feeling ill, which is not unusual. I spend half my life barely able to crawl out of bed. My partner has four medical appointments today, but he insisted he doesn't need me there for any of them. He said he'd call if he needed anything. We spent yesterday at the hospital, meeting with various oncology professionals. It was an exhausting day. So many waiting rooms. So much waiting. And the day never ends when we get home. That's when I have to figure out what to make for dinner even though I just want to collapse in a heap. So I've been lying here for two hours, hoping for my own pain to subside, watching true crime shows on my laptop, and feeling guilty for not doing all the work I've got to do. And the laundry! The laundry has been building up for weeks, but my health and mobility have been so poor that I haven't had the strength to carry it down to the laundry room in my building. I wish somebody wo...