Yes, the month is over. Yes, I sucessfully completed Inktober on time every day except day 2 being posted 2 hours into day 3. But at what cost? I've only gotten 4 hours of sleep each night, at best. My great uncle died of renal failure and my wife and kid both got sick with the creeping crude the following week when i was out on bereavement. My relationship with my wife is heavily strained. Both of our vehicles are falling apart, there is a huge gaping hole where my guest bathroom shower use to be, my mother in law has taken up residence in my living room, I have to take defensive driving, and my modification payment on my mortgage bounced causing my loan to go into foreclosure. And my friends have been moving from a 2700 square foot house to a 900 square foot apartment and have needed my help with moving all weekend long.

But this is fixation on only the negative. Insurance covered my auto collision liability. Insurance is covering Actual Cash Value (note: excludes depreciation) cost to fix the hole in my house. My house should be fixed in a couple of weeks. I have reapplied for a modification. I am doing a wife appreciation month in November. My kidney recipient gave me a wonderful present this year for our 2 year anniversary of me donating my kidney. I am getting a 401k loan to help with behind payment bills. My wife has got a (I hope) legitimate claim to file disability. My friends will finally be free from their landlords from hell.

So it doesn't help to look at only the good or only the bad, because then you don't see the bigger picture. Which I hope is "Things may be bad now, but they're going to get better soon."