Darkness Falls

[elfs]

I am quite obviously going through a mild depressive phase. All of the standard signs are there: an inability to concentrate on tasks, an unwillingness to get into debates or discussions, a lack of initiative when contacting friends or family, a lack of interest in sex, and most telling of all a pronounced tendency to oversleep. My readers can tell which stories were written when I was like this: they're the ones with lots of conflict and few love scenes.

After living with this kind of nuisance brain, I've evolved a number of strategies for dealing with it, not the least of which is having my electronic day planners (I have two-- one for Life, one for Work, just so that I don't get the two confused) completely configured with the to-do lists and schedules ready all the time, with annoying reminders to set up more reminders.

I've also got my beloved wife, omahas, who is sole keeper of half my mind. Marriages have institutional memories: what one person knows the other need not expend brain cells remembering, only remember that the other person knows it. Omaha has much more than that, and the clear delineation describing what each of us knows and is responsible for relieves me of many burdens.

It doesn't hurt that she's sexier than anything...

Sigh. I'm so tired right now, despite eight hours of sleep, and I've got a KLOC's worth of work to do. Back to the coal mines.