"Sometimes I wish we could hit "pause" when things seem to be getting a bit too much so that we could breath a little before hitting "play" again and resume things..."

Hear, hear. Though I've been feeling like this for, uh, most of the past decade and a half (with some on / off moments), so I might not be the best to appreciate a sudden onset of it. >.>

Same with a RL Ctrl-Z button (Cmd for Macs... ;-) )

I am also very tired, but part of it is self-inflicted: after I found that I was jetlagged after all, I... stopped fighting it. 5 am doesn't make a good sleeping time at my age. /o\