Thanks for the kind words @enchantedspirit, appreciate you stopping by.
The struggles are sometimes ironic... got to talking to the guy who was delivering water service shut off notices this morning, and he said it seemed silly that he was out doing what he was doing and that it would include him delivering a notice to himself because even though he's fully employed at two jobs, he's living paycheck-to-paycheck.
I never minded doing hard work; what gets to me is that "a hard day's labor" is reaching the point where it is no longer enough.