"Bubble, bubble. Toil and trouble."

12/12/2001

So how do you like the winter look for the castle? I know, I kinda wimped out and just used a snow font. I thought about doing more, but honestly I haven't had the time.

Lately I've been feeling sort of torn. Like I'm being pulled in too many directions at once. It has settled down for the most part, but there is still a lot of pressure on me right now. Some of it is self-imposed, I know, but some is work related. Some of it is the general hubbub of the holiday season. A lot of it is money related.

Last week I installed Quicken and entered all my financial data, which truth be told wasn't all that much. Quicken is actually a software program designed to assist you with your Federal and State taxes. Since I really don't own anything of value, I've always gotten away with using the EZ forms. I don't know that I will be doing my taxes through Quicken, but I'm definitely using the reminder feature and trying to keep track of my spending with it. With the exception of an unprocessed check (grrrrrrr...) that screwed up my initial figures.

I also realized that I came dangerously close to a full blown bout of depression. I don't know if it's the season or all the obligations that I have building up and bubbling over. I've even put some things off until January (like being more active with regards to the Breast Cancer Walk). There's just so much going on in the next few weeks and... YIKES! Christmas is only two weeks away!

Then last week there was also the little matter of the Clanlad doing his utmost to singlehandedly bring about the Apocalypse. When I was in grade school we either got sent home with a sad face or a smiley face to show how we had done in class that day. The Clanlad's school uses "lights". Green, yellow and red. Last week he got two yellow lights and one red. *sigh* The stress of trying to figure out exactly why he was misbehaving so much and what to do about it shoved everything else into the background. He's been better this week though. *sigh*

I think I need a nap.

I'm sorry you are stressed. I think we all feel it pile on at this time of year. I believe that everything will fall into place for you soon enough. Just tap your heels together three times.... ~ Nicole, who is telepathically sending you a smiley-face. @ 5:03 p.m. EST on 12/12/2001