[GeorgiaMa'am]

Disheartened. There are so many repairs that need to be made around my house, and today there's a new one - the right side railing of my stairs broke. The left one was already broken. And I really need those rails to get up and down the stairs.

I have several other minor repairs that need to be done, too, and I just can't afford to keep up with them all right now. In my younger days, I could have done most of them myself, and what really gets to me is now I'll have to pay someone an arm and a leg to do them.

It's really depressing and kind of embarrassing that I can't take care of all this myself, right away. But at least over the next few months I should be able to get some things fixed, at least the most important things.