OK, I just finished that last post, then went back and read the (practically suicidal) post prior to it. Now I'm starting to wonder if I'm bipolar! Actually, I don't think so. Well, maybe a little. But I have really been thinking about the whole lack of support issue lately and I've realized it really probably isn't going to change much -- it's just who those people are. However, I don't have to feel like because of that, I have to do everything alone. I just need to find new support people. (It would be great to find some in similar life situations as I'm in. Single, smart women, no kids, looking to do new things. Not quite sure how to find them yet, but I'm hoping to keep my positive mood going long enough to brainstorm some ideas on it and find some!) I've had several positive interactions with really random people lately (an AT&T cable guy, for one; a random woman in the office parking lot, for another) that have sort of encouraged me to make more personal effort to interact more with new people (in any context!) on a daily basis. Being stuck in an office with the same five negative people REQUIRES some other contacts to be bearable and keep up a decent attitude. So I'm going to add that to my chart of weekly things to do....it's gotta get me somewhere!