Weekend

Very stressed out weekend. I am dealing with a difficult person and the situation has occupied way too much of my head this weekend. I was also the on-call worker and had more activity on the pager than is usual, including having to attend a crisis situation at which police were involved.

When not thinking about how to handle above situation, I kept thinking about what I could do to not have my mind filled with this the whole weekend. Even Ashlin said to me, "Mommy, why do you have that look on your face?" when I was deep in thought. But then what else is to be expected when dealing with an unfamiliar situation that is causing a lot of tension? Sometimes it requires a lot of thought time, and thoughts don't easily get pushed out the door.

But there were bright moments, too. Conor, at all of 2, is showing empathy. This morning he said he didn't want to hug me. I got a exaggerated pouty look on my face and said that I was sad because I liked my Conor-hugs. He examined me closely, then threw off his towel, stretched his arms wide and threw them around me with a huge smile. Then he leaned back and looked at me. "Kay?" he said. "Yes, I'm okay!" I replied. Later on, when Ashlin was tantruming and I held her, he looked very concerned and I explained Ashlin was upset and we were going to help her. He toddled out of the room, brought back his teddy-bear blanket and put it over her, then took the blanket and started wiping tears off her face.