Today, not being able to find the perfect gift, and not getting students names into the newspaper seem like insurmountable problems. The kind of problems I imagine most people take in stride. I take the defeat, stuff it down deep inside then deny it and then eat until I can't remember what was causing me all that trouble. Problem is tomorrow the same dang problems come back and thus the cycle continues. Husband is a different animal. If something bothers him he focuses on nothing else till the thing is dealt with. I believe this is "normal". My question is: can I learn this behaviour? I've certainly had it modeled for me long enough and truth be told it kind of irritates me. I think I'm just jealous.