The Momma in the Middle

I have social anxiety. That admission will probably surprise the heck out of some of you, considering all of the things I'm involved with that are people-centric. But it's true. Over the 7 years, I've gone from being able to talk to anyone, anytime to really struggling to do so. As a result, some important tasks that land on my plate to accomplish sit and stew for ages until I get my courage up to tackle them. Some die out or lose relevance long before I can get my nerve up to face them. Having said all that, I accomplished two such tasks today. When I tell you what they are, you'll think I'm an absolute ninny for not taking them on sooner. But I did and they're done and that's a good thing all around. Ready to hear what I did? First, I chatted with our new mailman about the massive quantities of mail arriving at my address that are not for me or any member of my household. I had no idea how to handle getting so much mail meant for...

I've been worried about something for a bit now. Not a major worry. Nothing world ending, nothing health or kiddo related. A minor worry, really. Without getting into specifics, it has to do with one of my (many) jobs and although I should have shrugged it off weeks ago, it's stayed with me. Nagged me. Woken me up daily at 4 a.m. I know, I'm a bit melodramatic. I didn't know what in the world to do about it. Should I say something? Write an email? Make a big stink over something that's ultimately a little issue? Enlist a neutral 3rd party? Just let it go? I couldn't process it. At all. Then, last night, I remembered the Youth lesson I taught the last week of August about stress. In the lesson, which coincided with the start of the school year, we talked about how there's so dang many stressors in life. Work, school, family, chores, friends, health...the list is pretty literally never-ending. All of those areas, if they get a bit out of sync, ca...