In The Tank

I’m a little under the weather right now. There’s a high pressure situated over the Deep South and the local meteorologists say that it might be causing some of us to have sinus headaches. Ya think! I have never suffered from migraines and I really never knew that I had sinus problems either. Basically, I have had a headache in both temples for the past two days. Tried Tylenol—didn’t work. Tried Sudafed—didn’t work. Tried sleeping, a lot—it worked while I was sleeping. Shoot, even the cat is keeping his distance right now. I did manage to go outside and get the mail. I was intrigued to find letters from my 401K, not one but two. The first letter was my account statement. I wasn’t really surprised to learn that I had lost over 3000 bucks in the last quarter. After all, that’s all they have been talking about on the news lately. The next letter simply stated that I shouldn’t panic and try to move my money elsewhere; the economy was beginning to stabilize. On the last page of the letter was an updated account statement. It seems that I have already lost 1800 bucks in the first three weeks of October. Good thing I already had a headache.