...the elephant in the room...

The little satchel of worries weighed heavy today. The family thing was enough. It didn't need anything on top of it, so then why, in addition to it...? Of all the days to maketh thy presence known (and this goes for Both of You), it had to be today, right before Christmas. So now there are two things bothering me. They will be dealt with separately, and in succession (today's hiding, for the record, was not dealing). For the first, I will go to mass tomorrow morning. After a work interlude, I will then proceed to drink heavily and with flexible discretion, seeking distraction and something else. I think everything should work out fine, after.