Still Struggling

I am making *slow* , but consistent progress towards getting back into a routine.  I wish I could get it to occur more rapidly, however.  

• I still have 8 miles to run to hit 55 miles this week.  I am thinking the weather will be acceptable tomorrow to be safe in running outside. It should be roughly 35 degrees (~1.6 C) tomorrow morning when I will try to run.  
• I have caught up in everything in 3 of my 5 classes.  The fourth class should be relatively simple to catch up on, but the fifth one needs a whole helluva lot of work and effort.  That class is unfortunately keeping my stress levels high.
• I wrote upcoming exams that are needed for 2 of the 3 classes that need an exam soon.  The third class's exam is for the troublesome class in the bullet above.  

I hate not recalling any of my dreams these last few months. I wish I could figure a way out to fix that.  I am hoping I can RELAX a little bit by later this afternoon because my wife and I had PLANS to go to a concert (a trio of piano, brass, and woodwind).  I am hoping my wife will still want to go, and I am also hoping that I can shake off the stress I feel so that I can enjoy the concert.  I have contemplated drinking a shot of whisky or perhaps a glass of wine (I *think* we have both of them in the house somewhere, I do not think we have any beer, or that would be another option.) before going to the concert to help me in my effort to relax.  But, I am not sure if that feels like a legitimate action for me to take.  

In a rather sadly ironic way, all the stress at the moment has prevented me from having much, if any, time to daydream about my pipes and pipe tobaccos.  Even when I go to bed at night, I have not been reading and fall asleep immediately without time to even daydream then.   I miss daydreaming about them in ways similar to my missing smoking them.The physiological stress I am feeling currently is NOT something I would want anyone to experience long term.  I must find a way back to a centered life.   

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