Quick post and solicitation

Today's meltdown brought to you courtesy of the State of Illinois and Harris Bank... the State of Illinois for issuing a tax refund check made out to Enright, James M. and Karen L. (no room for my own last name, I guess) and Harris Bank for returning the check to me after I tried to deposit it in an ATM a week ago because it only had my signature on it.  Spent part of this morning looking for the copy of the death certificate I have and getting more and more upset when I couldn't find it (the place is a mess, but I usually know where the important stuff is).  WHY should I have to be doing this, I found myself saying aloud, in tears, why isn't he here, why am I having to find his DEATH CERTIFICATE, why does everything get harder instead of easier, why do people make things as hard as they possibly can?   After eventually calming down, I did find the death certificate, and will bring it to the bank and say here, this is the the man whose signature you are demanding.  What do you want to do now?

In better news, I got a ticket to go see the second game of the Bulls' first playoff round tomorrow night at the United Center.  I'm nervous about going there by myself, and to such a late game (tip-off is at 8:30), from which I probably won't get home until after midnight, but I'm a pessimist and didn't want to take a chance on the Bulls not getting into the second round (everyone assures me they will, but you never know...) and me not having had a chance to go see a game live.  I'll be practically in the rafters of the place and Derrick Rose will be the size of an ant from my perspective, but it should be fun to be there.  Now please let's just not have the game be as nerve-racking as yesterday's...

Finally, the solicitation.  I've been invited to participate in a fund-raising "fun run" (I still believe the words "fun" and "run" do not belong together) on May 15th for Wellness House, an organization in Hinsdale, IL that provides free services to cancer patients and their relatives.  This is not a place Jerry or I had any personal connection with - even if he'd had time within those four short months to take advantage of their services, we didn't know about them, and Hinsdale is a ways away from where we live.  Where I live.  But anyway, they are a place worthy of support, and I'm trying to get in shape between now and May 15th to run a 5K without making a fool of myself.  I've finished four 5Ks in my life, and none of them was pretty.  Let's see if I can make this one better... ran 2 miles today, which was .4 miles longer than the several runs I've done in the past weeks.  Even ran in sleeting weather yesterday.  Anyway... if you feel moved to make a donation to this place, my donation page is at http://wellnesshouse.donorpages.com/WalkRun2011/KarenFreund/ .

Should get to bed - up for work at 5:30 and tomorrow at this time probably on the road back from the United Center.  Go Bulls.