March, thus far, has been full of surprises.  Not good ones, really.  My fella (I’m calling him this because I’ve decided it sounds better than referring to a 44 year old man as a ‘boyfriend’) unexpectedly lost his job at the beginning of the month.  That has been painful and stressful for me, as I don’t yet know what it will mean for our relationship.  It has been painful and stressful for him for these and a slew of other reasons.  Then last week I went through an expected round of lay-offs at my job. “What?” [You say.]  “Again?  Didn’t you just do this?  Why? How stressful! And the two…