Wow, there seems to be more agitation than usual among the bp posters right now. Oddly enough, I feel myself moving in that direction, too.

Hammy, I react the same way to the job offer vs. no job offer. As some of my posts indicated recently, the wait drives me crazy! It sounds like your friend may offer you some distraction from your current worries, enjoy his visit. Put all of the other stuff on the back burner for awhile.
Packing, yuck!, I am in the unpacking stages now and I feel like the process will never end. Personally, like Moose, I like Starbucks visits so I can ignore it all.
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