I need a vacation or a little time by myself

It's Saturday afternoon, March 6, 2010, and I realized today I need a vacation. I also realized that I'm not getting either a vacation or a little time by myself. Therefore, I'm just going to have to figure out how to handle the stress another way.

I look out my window,
I see a cloudy sky;
the clouds are a mixture
of gray and white,
of light and shadow.

My life is a mixture
of joy and tears,
of light and shadow
similar to clouds I see today.