Stress

The word "stress" seems to have become a regular part of my everyday life lately, and I hate that! While I tend to think I work better under stress when it comes to things such as school, other stressors have been invading my life lately. The major one is money... it just seems to happen every year about this time, when unexpected bills seem to come up when Christmas is right around the corner! I know it probably just seems this way every year because of the added expenses of Christmas, and since it is my favorite holiday, I just wish it was a little less stressful. And since I know it always works out somehow, I'm trying to just remind myself of that whenever the unexpected expenses come up. A few things that help me to relax when I am stressed are reading and watching TV or a movie....it seems to help if I can get "lost" in another world for a few hours, and then I can come back into reality feeling more relaxed, and since I have been reading a book for our book report coming up, that is what I have been doing lately when I am feeling stressed or overwhelmed, and it has been helping!

Enhancing Relationships

One relationship that i am struggling with right now is with my mother-in-law. A few weeks ago some things were said (on Facebook, no less) where she was posting things on my status that were attacking towards my best friend and me & my character. Needless to say, I hate drama and try to eliminate it from my life as much as possible, so I deleted her from there. She commented that we need to settle this, and while I was extremely angry at first because of the things she said, I have come to realize that we do need to settle it. The thing that I'm having a problem with is that in the 15 years that i have been married to her son, we have NEVER had a problem to this extent. She is very gossipy and loves to talk about other people, and while I'm sure she has probably said things about me, i have never heard them directly, and I'm feeling extremely hurt by the things she said to me. I also know that i did nothing wrong, i did not provoke it in any way & i did not say attacking things towards her, however in order for us to settle this i know i am going to have to make the 1st move, because she won't. She is the type to not talk things out, ignore them and they will go away, however i cannot do that. I know that until i express to her how she hurt me & how our relationship will now never be the same, i cannot be around her, because i am not the type of person to just act like nothing ever happened. So with the holidays coming up soon, the thing that I can do to somewhat restore this relationship will be to start with an email to her letting her know that I am open to settling this & figuring out when we can get together and talk. Wish me luck!!!!