Two posts in one day!?

Yeah there's just something I've gotta get off my chest, so to speak. I think that the triple whammy of tenure and winter and back pain have all conspired against me to turn me into a somewhat less than optimistic, kinda crabby, less than confident, sorta insecure, more negative than I care to be, almost furtive bundle of nerves. So, I hereby resolve to get back on track. I, Patricia Murphy, will:
-- complain less (don't expect miracles; it's a work in progress)
-- frown less (frowning is especially dangerous at my age, as it makes me look tired and old in a sort of Hillary Clinton way, sorry Hil)
-- make a HUGE effort to go back to being the naive and optimistic secular humanist (for lack of a more fitting term) who walked down that aisle at graduation way back in 2003 clutching that empty diploma holder and ready to change the world
-- reassert myself as more than cog, while remembering we're all cogs to a certain degree (the ultimate irony/agony of being a pragmatist?)
-- build a bomb; no I just put that in to amuse you
-- cheer up, for goodness sake. After all, winter will end, tenure will come or not, and by golly, people like me . . .
There! I feel better, a little.
Help me keep my resolve, will ya, especially if you work with me. If I'm "goin' off," just tell me to shut up. Thanks