Ten more stories to write for the morning, which means about another thirty minutes of work and then Gloria is done for the morning. She still has to do some other tasks online, but she is going to spend most of the morning in quiet contemplation and meditation. Gloria saw a video of herself on the beach and she has aged so much in the past few years, which tells her that she needs to slow it down a bit so she can last a bit longer. Gloria always thought she’d live to 98 like the HVAC worker did, but the way that she is aging she doesn’t know if she is going to make it that far. Gloria knows it doesn’t matter in the end as long as you are enjoying the ride for the most part. She’s had a rough three or so years, losing most of her HVAC system work savings, but now it looks like it could bounce back in the next five years. Gloria has lost many things recently, her dad being the most taxing one to get over. She lost the love of her life, one which is gone forever now, and all of that $150K that she saved so diligently over the years. But Gloria still has her job at the cooling corp and that is a lifesaver. She has income from some job she does in the States and that covers her food each month, along with some other cooling service jobs here and there for the local contractor.