i have this incredible ability to acquire stressful situations in clumps.

take this week, for instance:

alice and i found out we are moving next weekend on monday. great! that's possitive stress because we're sooo looking forward to it.

then on tuesday, my job decides to kick into double over drive. why? oh, because i'm trying to finalize plans for my three week india/china trip that takes place the week after i move into my new place. again, good stress ... i mean, hey, i'm traveling overseas doing what i love for three weeks so i shouldn't be complaining.

then there's school. six credit units of master's classes and books that are staring me in the face ... taunting me as i try and get at least ONE thing done a day (which doesn't happen to include home work).

but here's where it gets a bit ridiculous. on top of moving, i'm having to find a replacement roommate, which means fielding the constant flow of email responses to my craigslist ad and scheduling time for my other two roommates to interview these individuals. on top of THAT we had a bit of an argument last night over money (it's always about money isn't it?) which totally stressed me out and made me feel like a complete jerk (but, i don't want to get screwed over either). and worst of all, i had unintentionally hurt vince. because in the midst of all these transitions, i have successfully left no time for him and i to spend together before i leave the country for three weeks.

oh, and i forgot to mention ... my birthday is a few days after we move into our new place (and a few days before i leave the country) and it's the big 2.5. so you better believe i've been using what little energy i have left to round people up for that!

all of this semi "good stress" has now equated to not-so-good stress.

sigh.

so my question ... is there ever a good time to go through transitions and embrace new opportunities? will we ever really be prepared for them?

if i knew it was going to be this insane for a few weeks, would i have made the decision to do what i really wanted? hmmm. would we ever step into moments that are too large for us if we knew how small we'd feel while we were in them?