It could be when your kid is having yet another outburst, or when your significant other is bringing up that thing from two years ago, or when you wake up an hour late because you forgot to set your alarm. That feeling. It’s the dread of having to deal with this unpleasant situation that you know so well. It’s the anticipation of a whole host of negative emotions, not the least of which is boredom. It’s going through the motions.
Here we go again.
It can also happen, as it did tonight, when Mike Leake gives up three runs to the Oakland Athletics in the top of the first inning.