The last few weeks I’ve been under a fair amount of stress. Starting school has been overwhelming to say the least and I’ve been trying to get a new schedule worked out with my ex for our son since he just switched jobs again. I’ve never handled change well and trying to balance everything has me about ready to pull my hair out.
However, believe it or not, by the end of the week I felt like I was starting to get more on top of things. I was getting into the swing of things with school. Things were still a little up in the air with Logan’s schedule, but I didn’t have much control over it so I tried not to let it get to me too much. It was slowly working itself out. I knew I had been more stressed than usual, but I was feeling pretty good about things by then so I didn’t think too much about it after that. But the next day I came down with a horrible cold. By the day after that my mouth was covered in canker sores and two days later I had a cold sore inside my nose. Ok, body I get it! Time to slow down!
I’ve never been very good at listening to my body. I think sometimes as single parents we get so caught up in taking care of our children’s needs that we forget about our own, so our bodies send us little messages to remind us. Sometimes we take the hint, and sometimes we don’t. I must not be too bright because I usually don’t take the hint very well. My body tells me to slow down and take it easy and I do the opposite. Unfortunately, my body seems to know myself a little better than I do. Ok, ok! Time to de-stress a little!