And You May Quote Me

JD often informs me i sound sad on the phone and inquires why, which is silly really. I always sound a little sad cos i always am a little sad. My therapist has asked me to plot my mood on a weekly chart to monitor swings, and to me, "normal" as indicated with a zero in the middle is arbitrary. For me, normal is a -1 (-5 being utterly depressed).

But tonight is different kind of -1. If JD were to ask me why i'm sad tonight, i'd say:

I'm sad i'm not a variable in the equation with which you formulate your life.