Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
i just put the munchkins on the bus for the last half day of the school year. while i breathe a sigh of relief that the end of school pressures are all complete (knock wood), i shiver at the prospect of 24/7 childcare demands for the next 3 months. will i be able to squeeze in my daily nap? i seem to be increasingly covinced that daily naps will be an essential ingredient in the drive keep my 70 year old bones available to these munchkins through high school. the baby is class of 2037. dare i dream of attending her college graduation? summer road trip? do i have to? the view from the porch quite literally rocks my world. theme parks and video arcades? i am tired to tears at the very thought.
just venting and sorting. no advice, please. the books are all available. commisuration welcome.
again i leave the mood icon on the rapid cycling median. i'm earning my rapid-cyclng bipolar misdiagnosis today.
fun side note
the family has been experiencing spontaneous songbustion merging two old classics into a fun little ditty.
Summertime Summertime (The Jamies) - KerHarmony & Julie Gaulke
Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Hollywood A Go-Go 1965)
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
thank you, serenity. commiseration appreciated. the baby of my first family --and departed father of these children-- graduated in 2002. by his senior year, the nest already felt pretty empty. i celebrated by planning my first language immersion tour of south america. it rocked and gave me hope that there really is life after motherhood.
remembering that 17 years of empty nest often gets me through the exhausting days.