Psychologically important, and a bit of rambling

The Dow closed below 7500 today. I am so not logging into my retirement accounts. But who cares about retirement accounts right now, anyway? I am just glad to be employed.

In other news, I am not busier this week, really, but for some reason I am feeling more underwater than usual. There was some unexpected extra work that cropped up on one of my projects, and I finished another project on Sunday that I've been working on for about six weeks, but other than that it's all business as usual. Why the perpetual stress-headache?

Probably the holiday on Monday (President's Day) threw me off. I did a bit of freelance work but not much, and worked at my moonlighting gig in the evening, but my spouse and my kid were home that day so it felt like a play day. Also, I took most of the day off today to spend time with my sister, which was long-scheduled and totally enjoyable. And tomorrow I'm knocking off work early to go on a weekend trip. So there has been less time in which to do the same amount of work. Oh, and I had to run around picking up medical results and getting blood tests and so on, nothing major, just putting in the extra time it takes to be a responsible cancer survivor. Having health issues can really be like having another part-time job. And I'm taking a class this semester and I'm trying to stay caught up with that. Also, this blog, which I neglect terribly, has seen some activity lately--a new advertiser, and a few other inquiries.

Okay, that's a long list. I'm allowed to feel a bit overwhelmed. I'm pretty much caught up now, though, and I am looking forward to seeing some old friends this weekend. One is a friend I've known since I was a kid. The other one I've known since 1996. So it will be nice to catch up, meet one friend's new fiancee, see the other friend's little boy.

Have a good weekend, everybody.