lists seem easier these days:

1. a stack of books as yet unread: love will tear us apart by sarah rainone, julie and julia: my year of cooking dangerously by julie powell, diane arbus: a biography by patricia bosworth, slouching towards bethlehem by joan didion.

2. a close friendship reconciled because the pain of absence outweighed the pain of anger.
2a. associated residual protective anger of friends and lovers privy to the fallout of the initial blow.
2b. frustration.

3. [possible] lateral shifts: a job interview at 4 pm.

4. issues: codependence, depression, perceived failures, the question of whether to give up.

5. a work in progress, v2.0: