Breathe in, breathe out...
Okay, let's regroup. I've got to -think-!
Stand up straight, close your eyes and take a breath. Stop looking everywhere so quickly; it's not going to jump out at you.
Oh, and quit moving around. Just take a second, okay? (Sheesh! The things one must remind oneself.)
Now don't panic. Organize. Orient things logically, go through them systematically, and THEN panic.
This is slightly more complicated than I anticipated. I should've listened to myself, yesterday when that voice in the corner of my brain was giving it's annoyingly practical yet somehow patronizingly anal advice. As if... well, as if THIS would happen! The unforeseen. The unimaginable worst. And NOW what do I do?
Don't PANIC. Breathe.
Okay. Organize and search one more time. And when it turns up, by golly, I'm gonna chain that darn credit card to my wrist.
Stand up straight, close your eyes and take a breath. Stop looking everywhere so quickly; it's not going to jump out at you.
Oh, and quit moving around. Just take a second, okay? (Sheesh! The things one must remind oneself.)
Now don't panic. Organize. Orient things logically, go through them systematically, and THEN panic.
This is slightly more complicated than I anticipated. I should've listened to myself, yesterday when that voice in the corner of my brain was giving it's annoyingly practical yet somehow patronizingly anal advice. As if... well, as if THIS would happen! The unforeseen. The unimaginable worst. And NOW what do I do?
Don't PANIC. Breathe.
Okay. Organize and search one more time. And when it turns up, by golly, I'm gonna chain that darn credit card to my wrist.