You know how when, after you’ve given birth, your boobs achieve the hardness of rock and hurt like hell, and then they “let down” and the milk starts to flow?
Okay, maybe you don’t. Hell, I barely know about it, since the whole nursing thing was a fiasco until MM was about 4 months old, and by then there was barely any milk to be had.
The point is this: I think I’m going through the psychological equivalent of let-down. For a long time now, my body has been tense and my mind has been tight. But in the last few days, I’ve noticed that I’m tired – to my bones – and weepy – all signs that my body, at least, is trying to get off the rollercoaster of stress I’ve been on for 2+ years.
Let’s hope I’m better at getting the stress out of my body than I was the milk. As my MIL commented (eyeing my breasts suspiciously), “They look like they’d do better than that.”*
*For the record, my response was basically, “You’d think so, wouldn’t you?”
Hope things start looking up soon… I hear that hanging out with friends and eating good food can help!
Btw, my friend’s friend is Ryoko (I think?) and she IS in your group! What a tiny world!