The Horoscope for Cancer, April 25, 2008: 

“If you feel like you’ve been a bit overwhelmed or stressed out lately, just try to bring a positive attitude to everything you do today. If you can just manage to do this, you’ll see how much it ends up affecting not only you but everyone else around you right now. The right approach could really help you impress others and could contribute a great deal to your long-term success.

Just be aware that a variety of professional concerns could really end up requiring an awful lot of your time and attention today. But don’t let yourself worry about it too much because the payoff for your efforts should eventually prove to be more than worth your while.”

Well, thank you oracle.  I imagine you are speaking of when today I was telling a friend that I was expecting a call from the outside vendor who was to provide summer storage for our students.  And the friend almost choked on his panini and shouted, “OH JEEZ, NOT *insert the full name of the man from whom I was, in fact, expecting a call.*

“Uh, yes?  How did you know?” Perhaps he, like you, oracle, could see my future.

“Do you remember that debacle a few years ago when *insert name of many Boston area schools* stored stuff for the summer, only to have it lost or mishandled and then eventually had to send their own movers to actually go find the stuff at some warehouse someplace?

“Yes?”

“That’s this guy’s company!  He changes the name of it every year because schools won’t do business with him!  He’s crazy!  He’s terrible!  He’s . . .”

“He’s the only option I have with two weeks until move out.”

*Silence.*

But now, oracle, I won’t let myself worry too much about this, because I know the payoff for my efforts will eventually prove to be more than worth my while.  Thank goodness for divination.  I had almost started to lose it there.  But the stars spelled out, in large, friendly letters, “Don’t Panic.”

And obviously, this indicates an accurate guide.