I went to the grocery store to buy peanut butter and something for lunch but the place was a madhouse. No managers on duty so the employees were ignoring the customers. I would have walked out but I was out of peanut butter. I left feeling mentally battered and trying to be thankful I hadn't been physically battered as well.

Then I got home to find some very friendly and encouraging posts from online friends on a forum that made me feel worth something to someone after all. And later I had the laundry room all to myself and did 3 loads of laundry without seeing another soul. Bliss.

I'm tracking 4 online orders -- the one I ordered from eBay hasn't even been shipped yet and I'm starting to get antsy. It's the one I want most of all.