I am still depressingly bad at basketball. I'm glad that no part of my paycheck depends on my ability to hit basic freethrows. =/
This week is actually very good. A bad habit of mine is to let the most recent event determine how I'm feeling about everything. A second bad habit related to the first is to emotionally round down. If something bad happens, then something good happens, I still tend to end up lower than middle. I need to internalize a longer-term view. Not be "tossed about on the waves" like James rebukes believers for. I'm not sure exactly how this happens. I'm pretty sure I can't do it on my own, but I also feel a responsibility for it; it's a frustrating position to be in. But despite the way this post sounds, I'm doing well. Having a night off this evening will be very good for me, I expect. I'm just venting a bit. Which is, largely, the sustaining force of blogs.
I need to be useful. That'll pep me up. Time to make some phone calls.

- J