I’ve been having increasing incidences of minor panic attacks over the last week or so.

BUT, I am armed with:

  1. Primary distraction strategy, which I’ve been using for a long time
  2. Secondary distraction strategy, which a friend of mine actually discouraged me from. And yeah I think outcomes will probably be net way worse than the original. The irony of forcing me down this path!
  3. New distancing strategy, which my friend suggested, and which made me smile. Creative! I should thought of it before!
  4. Industrial quantities of painkillers. I can be the resident pharmacist, if I’m not stopped at the border!
Industrial quantities of painkillers – ready for any situation, and way enough for 4 days!

…And if all fails, I have a (slightly unreliable) backstop.

I am strong, I am a tower of strength, I am unbreakable.

I’ve GOT this!

I am, I am, I am.