Figured It Out

 I've figured it out. I was wondering why I was so stressed out this last week, and I couldn't think of as to why. It's the middle of October and I should not be this stressed out this much. I'm talking stress dreams every night, headaches, crankiness, etc. The good news is I know why now. The better news is that this should be the only year everything is squished together in this two week span. You see, a lot happens in my little world towards the end of October. Work gets crazy busy with Texas tax bills, baseball heats up with the postseason, especially stressful when my Red Sox are pitted against my family's Astros, and it's my birthday! So that's three things happening that require a lot of my brain power. This year, throw in show week. So take all the stress of a million tax bills, add a healthy dose of "How come we can't just beat teams consistently? Why must you try to make it interesting?", mix in planning birthday parties and figuring out how to give everyone a chance to celebrate with me, and then dump in logistics of show week: where people are standing, how they're exiting, how we need them to line up to get back on, how to make that as clear as possible so we don't get bombarded with the same questions over and over again on show day, how the Friday rehearsal is going to go, all the paperwork to make instructions clear, oh don't forget, practice your music, and remember where you're standing in 4 different groups. Work out mic switches, and do the tech people know about the mic for the narrator? How does that one part go, and why can I never get it? Do you know what you're wearing for show? Do you have everything you need? Remember life continues after Sunday, and it's your birthday week. Do you have everything you need for lunches and breakfast? What about your Halloween costume, and everything for your birthday party? If you had continued watching the game last night, would the Red Sox have won? Why can't our pitching hold it down? Why are all my friends either fans because I'm a fan, dramatic fools that won't talk about it, or rooting for the other team? 

This is my life right now, and it'll settle down and be fun, but right now, it's so much.