G'morning.

Off to work shortly. I am not fond of the semi-nightmares, I'm really not. (For those who don't know me well already, I don't normally have nightmares at all - my brain either avoids them, or turns them into something else - at least that I remember.) These days I have a mish-mash, usually involving paperwork, telling someone else about my parents' deaths, trying to find them and not being able to, etc., etc. I know there was another variety last night but I woke from it in the middle of the night and went back to sleep and I don't remember the details any longer.

I don't wake in a panic; they just hurt. And of course my mind will toss things out as I wake that I actually do need to remember, valid to-do items, so those hang around and greet me on final waking. What a lousy way to wake up, really.... Not every night, just some of them. Perhaps if I get some of these to-do items to-done, it will stop.

For now, it's time for me to jot a couple more notes and head to work.

Whee!

At work. Just want to note that I do NOT like the forecast for the
rest of this week. Planning to take my laptop home tonight, so I can
work from home if the weather they said we'll have tomorrow actually
shows up. I would normally do this when snow is forecast but now,
instead of a gentle sense of nervousness and an awareness that I stink
at driving in snow (c'mon, I grew up in Oregon!), I feel an outright
dread. Definitely better to take the laptop home.

On the other hand, when I left last night I was deeply puzzled by an
issue I was supposed to look into, and when I came in this morning,
the second or third place I looked held an "a-ha!" clue and now I can
make progress on it. That's a good start to the
day.

Meh.

Today wasn't that bad, actually. I got a fair bit done at work and a few more things done regarding my parents' estate and such. (Not as many as I wanted to because I was miss space-case and didn't have some stuff I needed, with me. Sigh.)

But doing that, even though necessary, is stressful and draining. I don't want these things to be necessary....

So, this is a plea. Give me a hug. Tell me something positive. Share a funny link or a pretty photo or a fond memory (of anyone or any time). Something. Please?

*offers a virtual hug to anyone who can use one, as well*

Photos.

My one-a-day photo (with story of the photo I wanted to post but we didn't get - though it wouldn't've been a 1-a-day since I wouldn't have taken it): http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyrielle/352516674/

Also, a bunch more photos my Dad took - to see those (and my photo) go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyrielle/archives/date-posted/2007/01/09/ - these are not QUITE all the ones I was about to upload when the program crashed before, but they are most of them. I've a couple more (fairly neat, IMO - the maple tree coming down!) folders to go before I'm caught up to where I was.

Thank you everyone who gave me hugs and distractions, and if more people want to, they're gladly welcomed. For now, though, I am off to bed. Because it's LATE.