[Prudence]

Tonight I have two utterly unrelated thoughts.

First: I want the WV clerkship so much I can't even stand to think about it any more. I want to wish it into existence, but if I think about it too much I'll get my hopes up and then possibly face a big disappointment. And maybe there are others out there without other options who need it just as much - or more - than I do. So, I instead spend my energy hoping that they all get offers they like better, leaving the WV clerkship to me. And since I'm hoping those others get something they wanted better, that's a good deed, right? That's not being selfish, right? *sigh*

Second, I have been plagued this week with XTC earworms. Yesterday, I kept counting every step as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...senses working overtime...and then I'd start counting again. Today I kept making plans for Nigel. Why is this? Why do they haunt me so? As a counter-measure, I downloaded a bluegrass version of Round and Round, which is decidedly not an XTC song. Although if I start humming that people will think I'm listening to RATT and not the Meat Purveyors.

I need sleep.