GF and I will be walking every single night - except yoga night. We both need the destressor.
I went to the new yoga place and signed up for classes there on Monday. I will go back tomorrow and Saturday. I will do three classes a week as I crawl towards my vacation. I need to do this to retain my sanity.
I couldn't move when I got out of bed. All my muscles were stiff from stress - neck, shoulders, back. So I go on my treadmill and feel much bettter.
I couldn't afford a second phone line when I started my firm - so it is a second number of my home phone line with a different ringtone. When I return from Houston - I will set up a separate phone line that I will stop answereing at 5 pm turn off at 7 pm (5pm CA time - in case my boss calls - he has never abused the privilege and only calls if it is a true emergency) till 9 am in the morning. That way I will not even hear the work line ring during the time my office is closed.
So today's stressful events:
(i) A professor has disappeared. The drop dead deadline is May 15th. I leave for Houston on the 13th. I am going to have to call his boss to track him down otherwise we will miss this deadline;
(ii) Large firm did some really wrong stuff. I sent an email out to them to fix their mistakes making it clear I will NOT be paying them to correct their mistakes. They should not be a problem. We will see.
(iii) An individual client contacted me a couple of months ago. I thought he disappeared when I told him how much things would cost. He has reappeared - sent an email late last night. I need to refer him to someone else. Individual inventors are demanding and neither patents nor my services are cheap. I certainly wouldn't spend my hard earned money on a patent - I would go to Hawaii instead! Yes, that is what I actually told him to do! LOL! Besides the earliest I can start any new work is mid July.
And finally I need to do my "real" work. I want to finish a half finished patent and get it out the door today. I need 6-8 hours of uninterupted and completed focused time to finish this document.
Life is good. I am determined to achieve a life/work balance. Unfortunately there will be stress in the short term as I eliminate the major sources of work stress from my life.
PC is really an idiot. I need to not let him get to me.
Yes, that is what I actually told him to do! LOL! Besides the earliest I can start any new work is mid July. 
