Stress

I'm not good at handling stress, not that many people are.  I tend to bitch and moan about whatever is stressing me out instead of being more proactive.  Right now I have a lot of stress.  Work has been piling on me wherever I go because I am suddenly the default person for every committee and project that needs to get done.  I don't know why after 3 years they have decided this, but there it is.  And then home has been a lot of Bub and me alone since BT is working.  So I have all this stuff to do at work and then I get to go home to take care of our 4 year old alone and I get to have all the fun pregnancy stuff on top of that.  See whining.  I know others have it much much harder than me and I wouldn't give up any of my personal life (many some work stuff).  I just wish everything would slow down for a minute.

Don't Panic

It's the 10th anniversary of Dougla Adams' death today.  I am a huge fan of his work as you can see my the cover of my Nook and its name, Deep Thought.

I started reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in high school around junior year, if I remember correctly.  Then I read the Dirk Gently series, one of which has my favorite title of all time, The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul.  I'm not sure how many times I've read them, just a handful.  But they are always worth a read and a laugh.  I got my husband to read the Hitchhikers series when we started dating and made a fan out of him.  We've seen the British sitcom and the newer movie and liked them both. I can credit Douglas Adams with many of the jokes that go around my house and partly with my love of random British things.  Because of him, I have tried other authors like him like Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman.  His books are genuinely different and funny and I'm pretty sure that everyone should try them at least once.