I had an emotionally hard week.

Since going through two major losses in 2002, I just can't handle the same level of stress that I used to.

As some of you may have read, I have been involved in a three-week online class to become certified/selected to teach online at a local university. A lot is riding on my being successful in this endeavor. The last week of the course was one day shorter than the previous weeks, and with everything else on my plate, I really needed the extra day, but alas things don't always go the way we want them to.

Anyway at one point in the week, I became so stressed my self-confidence failed for about half a day. I couldn't believe that two of my closest friends said to me, "You know you really should be more confident, and have more self-esteem."

We have had financial problems since I lost my big-paying job in 2002, and having so much pain and surgeries on my feet that I think that has affected my self-confidence too.

Feeling a little down,

EJ