I seem to be in an extraordinarily bad mood of late. I don't know if it's menopausal hormones or just the irritability of depression, but if I don't straighten up I'm going to find myself not only friendless, but embarrassed to even look at myself in the mirror. Okay, I'm already embarrassed to look at myself in the mirror, but it'd be worse.

I'm hopeful that my friends will, as they always have in the past, continue to put up with me and smack me one when I need it.