find out constructive ways to channel my angst

I’m barely holding it together. Plus there’s something oxymoronic about “constructive” and “angst”. Just doesn’t add up, at least not in my head. Especially not now.

This did me a world of good. I spent about an hour talking with a friend at work. The only reservation I have is how he tries to solve every problem I tell him. Other than that we chatted about work and some of our challenges. Generally whined about the state of things for a bit. Not too much, just enough to get the edge out of my system.

..or whatever they call those things these days. My son wanted to play everything they had but I knew it’d be equivalent to burning cash. So we compromised on a limit and I told him I was not gonna buy any more tokens after that. Yeah, that was until we got to this game here you popped balloons with darts and got a prize depending on how many balloons you popped. Heck, I was damn good at it (my son delegated the game to me) and we walked away with a small plush doll. But what was quite unexpected was how happy I was when I popped those silly balloons! It felt great to see those suckers explode into smithereens! I think I’m more stressed than I care to admit. Nways, on the way home, I sang Famous Last Words at the top of my lungs and my son never did hush me, unlike always. I guess our compromise came to happy ending, he got his loot and I got mine.. ;)