I grew resigned to the idea that, for the time being, I had one central preoccupation: ongoingness. ~Between Two Kingdoms, Suleika Jaouad

That's what you call that mood. Ongoingness. A privilege, really. I mean, as I get older, Mark stays dead. 

And on that note, off I go to WI. 

mipso - carolina rolling by (earworm)