Just play around with the sentence to determine the meaning. Ask yourself, what is required to create conditions of EJ? ROW is required. Or just rearrange the sentence. "In order to create conditions of EJ, ROW is required." EJ --> ROW.
In all seriousness, it's probably just a bad day. Which sounds like it is.
Maybe you didn't get enough sleep last night? Perhaps your moms clam chowder isn't sitting well and your body is devoting more resources to the digestive track. On ...