Jo, I am overwhelmed with things and it's hard to take a day off of it all. With the paper thin walls I can not play my music too loud as my neighbor whom I have all the trouble with loves to call the cops or bang on the wall. It's too cold to walk, I can't yell and scream or even talk to too loud as my next door neighbor loves to eavesdrop. It would not be so bad if she was the type of person not to use anything she hears against you but she's not.

Bizi, one of the hardest things I've ever had to do was to quit smoking so I should know better than to turn to booze for a crutch. It just seems like the thing to do when all the neighbors do it. I do think that getting drunk once in a while is the only way to get a break from things being overwhelming.