I'm going to keep this fairly short because I feel pretty much wiped out, but...
...today, compared to the rest of the week, was better.  I was in rare form, for me anyway.  I guess it helps that there is no shortage of resources to learn about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, my topic for my legal ethics research paper (actually, I need to research both it and its effects on attorneys, but today I was just concerned with the act itself).
I'm also baby-sitting my sister's Maine coon cat (she's on holiday in New Hampshire this week and will be back Saturday).  The first two days she was sleepy.  Today when I let her out she gave me a meow and slithered around my legs.  Then she watched the action of the birds after I put out food for them.
The cat thinks I'm her hero today.  But holy heck knows if I'll be able to repeat the feat.