Retaining water: Hour 9

The time has come to face that right of passage or is it rite of passage we all should be happy to face -- and the sooner the better.
I am going to do a long form tax return. Now won't that be fun?
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I am thinking of how to make cheese enchiladas and I am thinking that Mexicans don't make their cheese orange and therefore I am thinking that what passes for a cheese enchilada is Tex-Mex and not Mexican. Oy Vey. So what do Mexicans traditionally put in a cheese enchilada? Queso Fresco? Queso Ranchero? Queso something or other with a P? I think I miss Roberto and it's time for him to move back.
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Why can't we have a Starbucks drive through on Zang? And a Whole Foods market -- or maybe even a Sprouts market on 12th? Why can't we support something other than the nasty old Minyards on Hampton and Fort Worth? How many low-end grocery stores that aren't as cheap s Fiesta does one really need in a one-mile radius?
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I have been having a fish-that-got-away moment this last 8 days.
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Monday we should have what we need to get the loan approved. I know. I know. I keep hearing that. But I want it to be so very true this time.
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It costs between $50-$100 each to get nice outside planters for the yard. And it costs $$$ for the potting soil. If I make them, it won't cost much less -- what with paint and plastic to line them and so forth.
When I was a kid, my dad made the planters and we dug the dirt from the yard. Finished goods must have been a lot more expensive then, because I know the lumber was not as much as what it is today. And of course, the ideal material would be composite lumber, but that costs even more.
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Which brings me to another financial topic: The debt.
The National Debt.
Nevermind. I am entirely too overwhelmed to talk about the debt. But it is scaring me shitless.