[exhale]

I just sat down and relaxed for the first time in a really, really long time. Man, it feels good!  Things are finally getting settled at work (I got an official promotion!), I finally got caught up on all the work that I got behind on when I was sick during the entire month of December (probably won't last long but I'll enjoy it for tonight!), I finally boxed up the last Christmas present that I have to mail (let's just ignore the fact that it's February tomorrow and the fact that I still can't mail it because I ran out of packing tape, but at least it's boxed up!), and I finally got a chance to bake something for fun after Rose went to bed tonight (just muffins, but what a treat after a week of difficult bedtimes for Rose!). Between all the sicknesses that we've been experiencing for the past few months and all the work stress I've been under, it feels unbelievable good to exhale all the lingering stressors that I'd been holding on to, especially now that the big stressors are all gone. Ahhhhhhh.