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The other day, while driving for what seemed like a lifetime through the mountains to go vet check a new horse in CA, my friend hit her breaking point and simply declared, "I'm done participating in today." Not really knowing what to say, or what that meant-- how does one stop participating in a day? As you might imagine my mind ran wild with images of throwing oneself from the moving vehicle, willing oneself to simply drop dead, and a few other relatively awkward scenarios-- I just sort of burst out laughing. Obviously, despite the impossibility of it (barring any dire actions anyway), there are just some days that I think we'd all like to simply 'stop participating in.' Sadly, as that's not usually an option, I generally find that I myself end up resorting to petulant sulking with the occasional stream of obscenities. I should probably work on that...