1 December 2003 (Monday)

please stay on the line, your call is important

You might all have left me for dead, and I wouldn't blame you.

I am in the midst of some kind of cold/flu thing, the kind of ailment that arrives as predictably as the phone bill when one works too much and sleeps too little. My immune system, bless the poor bedraggled thing, held up bravely while I needed it to, and now that it's finally safe to collapse for a bit, it has promptly done so.

On a separate note: I seem to have a distinct problem answering emails and returning phone calls. This is not a good thing when one is self-employed. Or when one has friends who occasionally get tired of trying to keep in touch. But there it is. I think the phobia at its root is one of losing control; I don't like living hour to hour responding to other people's wants. I like having time on my own terms. But this is hypocritical, of course. Where would I be if people never replied to my questions, or never called me back when I needed them? Common courtesy exists for a reason.

Which is a roundabout way of saying, to whom it may concern: sorry. I'll get back to you. Promise.

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