Stress

There is something called stress. Even my close friend, Merriam-Webster calls it a constraining force.

When I was working, there was a lot of stress in every one of my assignments: engineering, sales, Product Management (the top one), future-looking reseach, even Public Relations. But I got paid handsomely for putting up with it. Fine.

So when I retired, I assumed stress would disappear from my life.

Hah! Still married to a stress manufacturer. Recently, I was asked "What is this $89 Amazon charge for?"  I've like ordered a zillion things from Amazon, so the likelihood of me remembering any particular one is quite low. So I made something up - "Oh, a pair of topsiders." Since we both know I get my shoes from Zappos, that wasn't my finest quick thinking.

Lucky for me, Amazon keeps a list of my recent purchases, so I was able to solve the mystery (a really good pair of new headphones).  Good thing there's a soothing Matlock on. I'm not getting paid for this stress.