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Life has felt really non-stop in a way that is really unusual for me. I'm used to having way too much free time, and being able to do things in a way that reflects that. It's interesting to discover that I'm not great at time-management and lots of little things are falling through the cracks. I've started developing little rituals for getting things done, like eating. I keep a quart of cooked brown rice in the fridge and mix it in a bowl with beans from a can and salsa and microwave it and that feels like dinner but takes no imagination or time. At least work isn't one of the things I've been dropping. Lots of people have been wanting to be my clients, and part of me wonders "where were you a month ago?" I had an amazing stroke of luck/karma today that I surely did not deserve, when the new secretary at my office must've been unsure of her job responsibilities and washed and folded my sheets that were supposed to be dirty and problematic given the number of clients I had scheduled today. I had a little pocket of free time that I had allotted for the purpose of panicking, and it was nice to not have to.
Went to a friend's party on Saturday night and was told by a friend of his that my seder (admittedly the one I did last year, not this year, but the Haggadah was virtually unchanged so I still count it) was the most hard-core observant one she had ever been to, including a few orthodox ones. I was pleased, and this made the party fun for me.
Did you ever have to pee so hard that when you finally finish you have the hiccups? Be warned: it is possible!