Pacing
I have to go to the house and apologize to my kid today because I was a jerk last night. It was a long day and I lost my patience and got frustrated with him just before I left with hurt feelings in my wake. It’s not his fault that I’m unhappy and heart-broken, and even if I can’t trace my emotions in the moment, I shouldn’t vent on him.
It was at the end of a long day at the end of a long week. I’m going over soon, and I’ll apologize first thing and get this weight off my chest, this lump from my throat. We’ll hang for a bit, have lunch, and then take off to drop him off for his performance this afternoon. More stress in the form of the in-laws at the performance, none of whom I’ve seen since this all went down. Rationally, I know it’ll be fine; they are all good, decent people, and we’ve been family for years now. But emotionally, I’m terrified.