Nearly blacking out from the g-force of getting back up to speed on everything I& #39;ve somehow missed over the last handful of days.

I was thinking, earlier today, about how there& #39;s some works of fiction I avoid because the world in them is just too bleak and unappealing to spend any time in mentally, and we& #39;ve *so thoroughly* crossed that threshold in reality now.

For a while now, I& #39;ve become the sort that, when necessary, accepts the cards that have been dealt, and focuses on playing them as best as possible. Weathered a lot of rough patches that way.

That part isn& #39;t gone, and I maintain that there& #39;s always something that can be done to make things better, just as long as one keeps an eye out, but it& #39;s harder to rely on that as a practiced response, lately. Requires more effort to maintain that, lately.

I dunno, there& #39;s nothing I suspect is especially valuable to anyone in this thread, here. Just trying to get my very particular kind of bearings, again.