Yesterday was a weird day. My mom responded to an announcement with totally unexpected vitriol. I wasn’t sure if I should be upset at how much my feelings were hurt, or the fact that the only possible explanation for the outburst was mental decline. It left a heavy weight on me that I couldn’t shake all day.
(She later apologized profusely, but the anxiety had already been caused.)
Today was better. We didn’t have our regular Wednesday staff meeting (you called it P&R!) and I was able to fit in a short run before taking my daughter to a swimming assessment downtown. She qualified for the pre-competition team! But it won’t have openings until (maybe?!) January. Still, at least there is the chance she’ll be able to swim. She’s been wanting to since before the pandemic, but most teams in the city never came back after the shut downs, so a glimmer of a possibility is a huge improvement.
We got home early enough to watch a couple episodes of Stranger Things season 2. It takes a long time to finish a season of Stranger Things because our ADHD asses struggle to stay focused on the show (and we can only watch it when the 9yo is not around).
Also some plans came together for this weekend, which I’ll talk more about later.
All in all it was an okay Wednesday. I really needed an okay day.
Thrilled you got your run in.
So sorry your mom had a negative upset. You are right sometimes anger happens as people age but sometimes it is just a wrong thing at a wrong moment when something else has happened. That she apologized makes it more likely not to be aging unless it is part of a repetitive pattern. The people I have known who hit anger as they age generally do not apologize. But I am not a doctor or expert.
Hurrah about the swimming! And Huge hopes that the week ends well and you have a good weekend and fun with Halloween! Which day is trick or treating? When I was a child it was always the 31st but things have changed so much with more dual and single parents all working and getting home late so it is harder on M-F to also let children go ‘trick or treating’. Will your daughter still go or will there be a party of some sort for her group of friends? After the fact please do share what costumes your family wore. THANK YOU.
Best wishes!!!