Nothing Relieves Stress Quite Like...

...Playing video games. e.g. The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King. For some reason dishing out the moves in an effort to save the world brings me an enormous sense of calm.

...Not going to Dosage Forms. Not skipping, just outright admitting to yourself that you're not going to go. The weight it lifts is enormous.

...Sleep. Innocent sleep. Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care sore labors..bath? ..I don't know how that quote ends.

...Borders. Specifically their White Chocolate Hot Chocolate...mmmmmmm...ssssooooo gggggooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddd...I think most woes could be ended that way.

...Laughing. No, seriously--the giddy kind of laughter that makes everything funny afterwords and makes your face hurt.

...Pie. In general. Specifically, chocolate coconut cream pie..and coconut cream pie with peanut butter chocolate chips in it.

...Finding a bathing suit that matches on sale for $6. Yes, the top and the bottom. Six dollars. Total. (Walmart! They're getting rid of their stock, they're all $6!!)

...Finding out that you didn't fail your exams after all. You could have done much much much better..but you did better then probably you had any right to.

...Spending a day with someone that you just plain like. Whose presence you just plain enjoy. Whose mere existance is a source of just plain unfathomable happiness. Even if that day was three days ago...

...and writing. Good writing. Your own, or someone elses...sometimes both, if you're lucky.