The Little Book of Stress

I have a very high stress job. Breakdowns and tears are a common occurrence here as HSPS Partners In Practice.....it’s just a way of life.

SO, to help me laugh at me pain I found a funny little book at Barnes & Noble called "The Little Book of Stress - Clam is for wimps. Get real. Get stressed"

It is hilarious.

Here are some of my favorite little excepts:

"A frown will never let you down. A frown communicates both disapproval of others and unhappiness within yourself."

"Tempers fugit. Buy and wear a second watch. Set it to beep every half hour so you can panic about being behind schedule."

"The times aren't a-changing. You know the saying 'a change is as good as a rest'? Well, it's a lie. Change invariably makes things worse. Resist it"

And my personal favorite, which I seem to live by:

"Don't only worry about big things. Small things need to be worried about too. And if you have no big things to worry about, worry about two small things. (The stress generated will be the same.)"

Ironically, today being the day before thanksgiving is INCREDIBLY slow, and I am pretty much bored out of my mind. I am caught up on all my work, and have braced myself for the impending disaster that is to be December - the very busiest time of year at this company. I am reveling in my boredom, however, because I know it is going to be short lived.

On a less negative note: Scott and I find out if our baby is a boy or a girl this coming Tuesday. We are super excited about knowing what the little bugger living in my belly is. I have made a habit of calling it a he, so I'm hoping it’s a boy out of sheer laziness. But I will be happy with whatever, as long as it has 10 fingers, 10 toes, and the other necessary parts it may need in order to function in a healthy manner.

We have already picked out a name if it happens to be a girl: Claire. Its delicate, feminine, and it’s not the ever so popular Emily. I LOVE the name Emily, but I hate that every other female on the face of this earth is named Emily. If it were up to me I would send out a mandatory order for all Emily's to change their first name immediately to ensure that my baby has a unique name that I like. Then Scott would maybe let me name the baby Emily. But we all know that can't happen.


If it is a boy, well, we can't decide on a boy's name. All the boy's names I like Scott does not, and vice a versa. The original suggestion that Scott had was Hobbes. I say absolutely not. If Hobbes then why not Elmo, Grover, or Garfield? How about Snoopy while we are at it?

Alas, I did start off calling the child Hobbes when I started to talk to it, and I even started to develop a very strange attachment to the name, due solely to the circumstances by which it came about, which I just found humorous. It’s a shame, really. Our poor son will most likely have a terrible name because his parents can't be serious for more than 5 minutes at a time. What a travesty it is indeed.

Either way, boy or girl, Hobbes or Claire, we are so excited about this baby, and to find out what it is!

And I’ll find a way to stress about the child one way or another.