I wish there were some sort of mental equivalent of garlic and wooden stakes for dealing with energy vampires.

(I was remembering that the stakes had to be a particular type of wood - for some reason, holly was sticking in my mind - but apparently any old wood will do for a Mr. Pointy.)

I'm telling myself that this shouldn't matter any more in two days as I will be off on a trip, but even that's not helping.

Even when I strongly suspect someone's in the wrong, that doesn't prevent them from screwing with my head.