Stress Mess

Posted on | February 23, 2010
by | Kim

Something that has become glaringly obvious this Lent is how I react to stress. Different kinds of stress produce in me different reactions, and not really any of them are good.

When I’m tired. I’m a basket case of emotion and crying all over the place.
When I’m in pain, my short temper comes out to play and is sent to everyone in my path.
When I’m worried, I basically shut down.

And so on. I’m more tempted to want to give up on my Lenten fasting from my two time sinks when I’m stressed, as well.  I’m so grateful that I’m picking up on these little quirks of mine early into Lent, so I can spend the next few weeks working on getting it all under control. Especially with delivery in the next 3.5 weeks (hopefully!). I think I’ve been having Braxton-Hicks contractions all morning, and they’re not really very comfortable. I’ve been struggling today, dealing with that and a very cute little Elise, who wants to climb up everything in sight. :S

Thankfully, dinner is crock-potting (lasagna) and Greg only has a couple more hours left of work. I have a lot of little prayers to get me through the day and did some good old fashioned de-compressing during Elise’s nap. But, I definitely need to find a good way to deal with stress, especially when I’m in some pretty good pain. :/

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7 Responses to “Stress Mess”

1. Laura
   February 23rd, 2010 @ 5:17 pm

   Prayers as always… I can’t believe you are so close!!!

2. Kim, Obl.O.S.B
   February 23rd, 2010 @ 5:51 pm

   Thanks Mama. You popped into my head last night, so I said a few prayers.

3. Laura
   February 23rd, 2010 @ 8:18 pm

   Thank you, they were VERY needed last night!! Teething in the hizouse FTW.

4. Kim, Obl.O.S.B
   February 24th, 2010 @ 3:21 pm

   You’re welcome. Is someone getting his molars in? :X

5. Laura
   February 24th, 2010 @ 4:13 pm

   He has four molars (THAT was fun), but I think it’s canines now. He slept 7 hours straight with an amber necklace last night… too bad that was all he slept!!

6. Kim, Obl.O.S.B
   February 25th, 2010 @ 8:54 am

   Awww, poor little guy (and Mama and Papa ). Hopefully y’all are sleeping more now!

7. Transitus Tiber − Baby Update
   February 25th, 2010 @ 3:46 pm

   [...] (I think I’m almost +30 for this pregnancy) but that’s not cause for concern. – The weird pains on Tuesday were indeed Braxton-Hicks contractions. – My blood pressure is right where it should [...]

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