The word "stress" does not even begin to describe what I've been experiencing the past few weeks. Between still reeling from our cancer experience, running around like crazy in order to take make-up classes at school during lunch breaks and early evenings from work, and deadlines for a final paper and final exam approaching, plus the non-stop stampeding of the toddler upstairs, I've been ready to blow my top any second.
Over the past two or three weeks I developed some scaly dry red patches under my nose and on my chin. I went to a dermatologist who decided it looked like a type of dermatitis triggered by...you guessed it, stress! She said "Have you been under a lot of stress recently?" My first reaction was just to laugh. Sometimes when there's nothing else left, that is all you can do. This morning, D went to a cardiologist for a chest pain he'd been having. After thoroughly checking his heart and lungs it turns out it's probably just...yep, stress.
The good news is that after busting my butt for the past few weeks, I've crossed most of my responsibilities off my list and this weekend all I need to do is make two tiny adjustments to my final paper and continue studying for my exam next Wednesday. I'm so prepared that I don't have to cram all weekend either. Our yoga teacher is out tomorrow but I think we're gonna hit up our back-up yoga spot. The best news of all? Our vacation is getting closer and closer.
