Stress

Just can't believe how insanely stressful my life is right now. Having a teenager who believes the world should revolve around them is one of the most stressful situations I've ever experienced. So glad this is my last time through it. Adding Steve's unemployment makes life scarier and more tense.


As for my own future, almost the sole topic of conversation at the NJ remains who will have jobs next week, how someone is deciding who will have jobs and what all of that will mean for those who remain. We're all eating junk food and hitting the pain killers. It's just unbelievably nervewracking. The only bright spot is that by Monday, the questions will be answered, the unknown will become the known and we'll all know where we stand.

The final piece of the stress in my life is a very convoluted, complex story that has great implications for our county in the future. Trying to put that into terms everyone can understand, while playing it straight up and covering all the bases, and doing it in 15 inches is very difficult, especially under the current circumstances.

Remember Howard Dean's primal scream? I'm doing it inside ....


We're still looking for a place to go for our anniversary and for a couple of days while the teenager is on spring break. But everything seems complicated, especially when you're trying to save money.