That whole next week I was in a pretty bad mood. I stayed away from people outside of work. At the office I tried to be my cheerful, smiling self, but people could tell I was unhappy. Jennifer, my assistant as well as a confidant, talked to me about it on two different days.
"It's obvious something is bothering you," she told me in private.
"I'm okay," I told her. "Just a lot of things hitting me at once, but I'll be fine."
"We should talk. You'd feel better if you got it off your chest," Jennifer responded.