Car woes are traumatic and draining. Not having your stuff is traumatic and draining, and your car is a big stuff. And work has been suddenly stressy. It's no wonder you're not getting anything done at home.

Give yourself a break till it passes. Eat a peach. It will all be back to relatively normal relatively soon.

We missed you at council--the Carl's Jr thang keeps getting rowdier and more entertaining: this month we didn't leave till after 11.