Stress: All the small things.

I won't claim that I'm immune to the impact of major life events, but more commonly it's when all the little things start piling up and accumulating that it gets me down.

So here I am, somewhere beneath a mountain of things that need to get down within the next couple months, trying to put out fires where I can, and counting up the looming deadlines, the traffic ticket, the jury duty, the trip I'm taking in march, this, that, those other things.

And to make it extra special, I got the bright idea to choose now to quit smoking. Blech.

This, too, shall pass.

The Girl is having a rough time right now, and I don't know of anything I can do to make things easier for her. Those of you that have known me for a time will recognize that this is the sort of thing that burrows into my brain. Patience.

So that's where I've been.

-transiit