a bad day

... but at least it is almost half over

1. My roommate is clinically insane. Not dangerous, just irritating as hell.
His diagnosis is paranoid/schizophrenic and he hasn't taken meds for it since the 1960's. Most of the time he is OK, but when he gets a few beers in his belly or gets high on drugs he turns into a child and makes little or no sense when he speaks.

2. My mother is slowly dying of cancer and now has what they call "chemo-brain".
She has been receiving rounds of chemotherapy on a roughly annual basis for the past three years; this year she is already well into her second round in less than 9 months.
I worry that I may never see her alive again. She lives a thousand miles away from me and I cannot afford a trip to see her.

3. My new job is in limbo.
The college is waiting for the results of my background check. It is supposed to take no more than two days but this is day four. They can't bring me on without those results and they wait is frustrating.

My depression is waging a war for control of my mind once again, and it looks like it may win this round.