There are days when I wonder if I’m really a nice person. I really do think sometimes it would be easier to “teach them nothing but facts” and I can be quite strict about filing those TPS reports with the new cover sheet. Sigh. I need a long weekend or another ladies’ weekend with plenty of coffee and doing nothing. Or at the very least several hours to do nothing but straighten out my home filing system, balance the checkbook, and read personal finance articles on the internet instead of having so much to do that I don’t get home until 9 at night.
Ironically, although I feel stupidly stressed, I scored low on the stress test I took today.

Bad luck part one: prong holding stone in engagement ring breaks and unsuspecting wearer does not notice loss of said gem until broken prong pokes her somewhat painfully.

Bad luck part two: while hacking away at overgrown rose bushes and doing general yard cleanup, unsuspecting wearer loses wedding ring that is apparently slightly loose without engagement ring to hold it in place.

Solution a: unmarriage

Solution b: new finger bling

Spouse chose solution b and today purchased shiny new wedding band for me to wear.

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Perhaps Persephone is getting suspicious in her old age, but she’s not so sure about our getting out the suitcase on a Thursday night. She’s very much against her people leaving on the weekends, when that is very clearly the time of the week when they are to pet her and feed her treats. This evening, she investigated the evidence that her people were possibly leaving (again) for the weekend. Either that or she decided if she curled up in the suitcase, we would take her with us. I’d be tempted except that she hates car rides.