'tis the season... for insanity?

Boy, I don't know if it's the approach of Christmas, the approach of the full moon, the approach of the solstice, or some combination of the above, but today was not a day to leave the house. I thought it was bad enough driving around at lunchtime, what with the extra traffic... but this afternoon a co-worker was laid off (and imagine the fun of that, given when it is), and then some yahoo driving the wrong way down a one-way street came entirely too close to me for my comfort on the way home. I'm not one for "drowning sorrows" or any such... but you can bet I put that homemade Kahlua I got at the office Christmas party to use tonight.