Don't worry... be Happy

In lecture right now I am learning about stress, GAS, aka General Adaptation Syndrome, and stress Management. Of course its all about coping mechanisms and how stress can effect your patient,resident, client ( whatever the damn PC thing to say is ), but as I am coming off of the worst week so far of stress at work, I can't help but wonder if the sore throat, hacking dry cough and earache isn't just a tad bit of a conversion reaction despite the 20 degree temps we've been having during this "flu" season.

So in an effort to achieve a little retail therapy and replace the couch the black lab ate when he was a puppy last year I bought this one: