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Just a lot of little things, I guess. I played for that St. Patrick's Day concert today at noon, and didn't do well at all. I was more nervous than I've been in YEARS and flubbed notes a lot. Didn't help that I hadn't been able to practice with my brothers much...they were working on the two sets they did as a pair and didn't really care about the ones I was part of. The contrast made me feel even worse...they were VERY tight and together on their tunes...on the ones I played with them, the timing didn't feel right and it just didn't sound professional. Also we had agreed that Bilbo would start all but one, but at the beginning of each tune, he turned to me and whispered "go ahead!" Didn't help my nerves. I'm sure it was better than I think it was, but it wasn't a triumph, by any means.

And I didn't get anything done at work...still have unfinished problems to work on, things that should have been five or ten minute jobs that I spent all afternoon trying to figure out before finally giving up and going home.

And my tape player that I've been using during my run is broken - not wearing, it's a boombox. The tape door won't stay closed. It got moved around by people this weekend, so part of me wants to blame them, but there's no proof of that. I ended up wedging it shut for now, but it still isn't working very well.

And I didn't finish my run. And the heating company is heckling me. And Fiona gets a shot tomorrow and I still haven't figured out who's gonna give her her Benedryl an hour before the appointment or how much she needs...I'll probably have to ask for time off, but I hate too since I was out so much today.

OK. Long enough. You get the idea.

Rosie, my old boom box had that problem. I got a couple strips of stick-on Velcro, and it solved the problem until I could afford a new one.

OK. Long enough. You get the idea.

It sounds like you need some Tension Tamer! :)