Conversation with my Ex-Driving instructor today:

Me:  "Hey look, you can see how well I drive now compared to how I was years ago!"
Me: "Except this time you can't stop me with the stupid brakes on the passenger side!"
Instructor: "You shouldn't say that..."
Me: "Puahahahahaahahaha!!!"

*drives*

I don't know why I can't seem to motivate myself to pack...
Today is moving day, and I still haven't packed.

My lease is up at the end of this month, and I am going to allow myself to be without a home after this lease is up.
Everything is just going to be moved into storage.

In theory, I'm going to save a ton of money because I'll still be living in Connecticut and not paying rent...
(And in this horrific economy, who can't use a little bit of extra cash?)

So why am I feeling so stressed out?

....

Well... at least in the future I can say that I was *technically* homeless....

I tend to see myself as a bit of a pessimist normally.  However, next to my grumpy coworker, I seem to be downright cheerful!  But maybe it's because I've changed lately.  I certainly feel like this past year in the middle of nowhere has done wonders for myself.

I'm not thrilled that I might be out working here for... forever?  But I'm not stressing out about it anywhere near as much as my coworker.

He always talks about how things *should* be.  Me these days?  I've started to eliminate the word *should*, and have started to ask myself the question, "Ok, this is how things are right now.  What can I do next?"

It seems to be helping.  The less I obsess about how things *should* be, the more energy I have free to turn the situation into my benefit.   The trick is maintaining this state of mind.......