Busy two days with returns to work on Wed & Thur including board meeting this am. I think I did well considering, yes, a shitty night's sleep. Trying a few variations on routines to see what helps. Sure, hot tea calms and yet, as the man said, you gotta pee sometime. And that's usually around 3..50am. I had a pretty open and frank conversation with HR about the state of the roles/demands and my struggles managing the balancing act of the past year and all that brought about. I felt heard and hope to see some further discussions on the horizon. Good, fun card game with the usual suspects sans Matt and Gene. Turns out Steve and Diana saw "Ka" almost 20 years ago, but they're in for going in January again. That'll be a fun trip. Stumbled upon a new [old] band - the Stranglers. Really enjoying their music. Has a good REM/Roxy Music/Cure vibe. When I find stuff like this I wonder how I missed it for decades. It's fun stuff. Talked to Lauren - she's really integrated well into the new routines in Sac and I'm so proud of her. Tommy and I have been working better but still have some moments that it's best to just walk away from. Still, things are better there. I just need to take life less seriously at times 'cause it's not like whatever an issue might be that I have to waste energy on it. Still a life lesson I'm learning and studying but not always applying.