A: Some useless part of my mind keeps playing wouldn't-it-be-nice-if, along the lines of wouldn't it be nice if my wife was not acting like an adversary. I hope that moving apartments and a new job will provide an overwhelming amount of alternative brain fodder.

B: Sometimes it is useful to have 20 high payoff/low odds ideas floating around, as long as you have a contingency for the most likely outcome.

A: That's good advice.