A little time on my hands

Last Tuesday I got the news that Saturday would be my last day. They wanted somebody in that job that would convince them that they were a "lifer". I expected to be fired after I told them I would only stick around until I found something else in October. I don't know why I got so upset, this is really what I wanted. I thought I would have another job lined up first. I don't want to go on Unemployment again and have to take the first job that is offered to me. So my neck started to lock up on me upon being told. I thought I could heat-pad it loose, but no such luck. I was afraid to go to the chiropractor because I barely had any range of motion needed for an adjustment. I went to the Walk-In Clinic to get some pain pills. I got both anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxers. I started feeling like a human again after the first anti-inflammatory. I actually went into work to finish something that needed to be filled out online by a rep of the phone carrier that I fixed phones for. I went online, it wasn't done, so I left. I went on to go birthday shopping for my friend with cancer. Her doctor told her that her tumor is actually 15-20 years old, but something activated it in the last few years. We both figured it might be her stressful marriage that started it. It could also be her chain-smoking. Anyway we talked very openly and frankly about it. She asked if there was anything of hers that I wanted. I just shrugged and said maybe some of her astrology books. Her neighbors always have screaming loud parties, and stuff like that usually does not bother her. But now that she's sick and weak, it drives her nuts. She's going into the hospital in the middle of February, because the chemo she's going to receive is the most aggressive kind, and it's side effects make the patient need hospitalization. I hope in the hospital she can have some peace so she can rest.