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09/02/02 - Chaos ... perhaps a little less for September? Where�s that simple life I yearn for? When I was in the middle of my move and almost ready to lose it, a friend reminded me that moving was stressful for everyone. For some reason that statement reassured me. I was starting to feel very disoriented. I had help with the move, but I had no help with the sorting. All those years of baggage. Each time I started to work I would get physically sick. I would shut down. All I would want to do was sleep. Finally I just looked myself in the face and said alright, its stressful, so what! Last week I watched a replay of Dr. Phil. The topic was stressed out moms. Well, I got something out of that show, as usual, there�s always something. Dr. Phil said men and women handle stress differently. Men do a fight or flight thing, women do a tend or friend. Now that I know that I can say, how true. Of course I was surrounded by men during the move and when the stress got high ... everyone would split (flight). I hadn�t enough energy to do the tending thing, I chose friend which unfortunately looked a lot like crying on a shoulder. I�ve been in worse situations than this though. And as I was told, moving is stressful for everyone. And actually, I had no choice. Tending was the only option. And, I like the word �tend.� A harmless word, no bad vibes to it. Tending to business seemed much more productive than taking care of business. I�m tired of taking care of things. And now, I�m tending to be less stressed. Well, the move wouldn't last forever, thank goodness. Of course the move wasn�t the only thing going on. I can never do anything one at a time, I always work in multiples, multi task, multi ... whatever. I had to say goodbye to my doggie and two much to be missed pussy cats. And I also said goodbye to The Jock, son number two who left for San Diego State. And then more goodbyes and then hellos and even more goodbyes ... So much emotion. I tend to be on the emotional side lately. But at least I�m tending ... and, though it may only be in my overly optimistic mind, the stress is lessening. |