Homecoming Grinch Walk This Way

Barely able to breath a lungful of polluted Manila air I was instantly assaulted by two frantic calls. One coming from a friend wishing to discharge some domestic woes and my other friend who wanted to drag me to a horrendous event. All the enervating fresh air I inhaled instantaneously vanished. Welcome home to Stress Street. Speed limit Full throttle Ahead. Oh, Drat. I'm back. Dreadfully back.