Oh, Jeri -- you're not part of the stress at all. And part of your present I got at a yardsale (like your B.D. present -- fun, rather than expense).
And like Tom and I actually NEED anything (other than the mortgage, phone & internet bills, electricity, food, firewood, software such as SoundStudio or iDataPro, health insurance -- what's that? . . .) What? You haven't found any interesting rubber squid?!?
And actually, I got a lot accomplished today, so I guess I feel less stressed. Even got the holly in the head of Pan on the table.
It's all the other stuff (mostly work and job related) that I need to find time for.
And today I found the elusive blue photo album that I've been looking for since a friend's memorial service last February -- and found not only pictures of him for his widow, but pictures of Ed Daigle of the Fiddler's Fix (for his widow) and pictures of Jay Smith playing guitar and singing (with his eyes closed, of course) -- all from about 1981 and early 1982. Put me in a rather odd mood, though. Lost way too many friends this year.