Victory is sweet after tasting defeat. Ok, I made a clever
   rhyme. That doesn't help things, I suppose. I blame August. Not
   my favorite month of the year, this one particularly so. It does
   get better, and sometimes it gets worse but either way it's
   worth sticking through it. The more practice you get with rough
   weeks, the more you can anticipate the unexpected and become
   stronger at dealing with the randomness of things, until a rough
   week suddenly is smooth, because you're prepared for the
   randomness.