Exit strategies

I've been thinking about it recently and it's occured to me that one of my major mechanisms for dealing with bad, difficult or uncomfortable situations is to come up with an exit strategy. That's not to say that I won't be intending to try and improve the situation or turn it around, although of course you can't always. It just helps me to feel more in control and less stressed to know that if I really need to, I can step back, get away, whatever. It takes the pressure off. I think that's one of the reasons I find myself so uncomfortable with the idea of myself as a parent - there's no exit strategy you can really plan there.

I should do a real life update soon, really. I'll get to it, I promise.

Brain fart

I've just noticed that a slip of the tongue I made when talking to t__m__i earlier was actually repeated in my entry about my travel filled weekend earlier. So, when referring to Alex's sister, "Jo and girlfriend" should read "Jo and boyfriend" - I've got no idea why but it's obviously engrained somehow. So if you could mentally translate, I'd appreciate it.