Masaru's-ville

0844: Missed work yesterday. Excuse was we over did it at the gym, which is partially true. Legs, back, and arms really were sore. Needless to say, the main reason had more to do with needing a mental holiday. So we realized after taking a morning nap that maybe it was a mistake. That leaving us alone with our thoughts isn't such a good idea. Now here we are at work and feeling like we're lined up before a firing squad. Any given moment filled with the threat of getting blown away. Or a speck of sand in gears of the inner workings in our head. At least it's Friday. 0856: On top of that, we've got rain coming down like nobody's business. To ease the burden we drove in to work. A luxury we don't often take advantage of. Supposed to stick around through tomorrow. Bren was saying they've got snow on the way. It's going on day 7 (counting Sat. the day she left). We're emotionally feeling a bit under the weather, which is probably an understatement. Yesterday was brutal. Thinking about it now, it seems the biggest reason this whole bachelor sentence has such gnarly teeth is the simple fact that we don't have an x factor. No getting the oil change, car wash, cleaning up etc., to go to the folks by T-day. No gearing up for family get-together. No planning on picking her up at LAX by the end of the week. NOTHING!!! Only glimpse of hope through all of this is she'll be back (maybe?) after next week. Might as well be next year at this rate! I looked at myself in the mirror this morning and saw a bloated and craggy face staring back. Yes, things are not peachy in Masaru's-ville.