Cry it out

So yesterday, I was terribly stressed out. Not that I am suddenly not stressed out today, but I just realized that my stress didn't have to be generalized and that I needed to compartmentalize my stress. That way I only worry about the things that I can control when I am in the environment where I can control them. I know there are those of you who are laughing at me right now thinking about what an OCD statement that was.

You see I have my home stresses: getting Lukin's paperwork done for his speech-language evaluation next week, planning for my husband's birthday, and ordering his gifts. But that stress was reduced this morning when I finished the paperwork, ordered a gift for my husband (but not exactly what he wanted so he won't KNOW what his gift is, but that was because they didn't have what he wanted in his size), and this weekend I will worry about his birthday party. I will stress more about taking classes and paying for them this weekend and move that off my plate for now.

At one of my schools, I was worried about getting purchase orders done for next year before the deadline, calling a mom that doesn't really like our school, and getting a couple reports done. Well, I finished my purchase orders this morning, called the mom (and she was very pleasant), and got one of the two reports done. I also need to finish my QComp stuff and submit my personal leave request, but I won't think about those until some other things are done.

My other school, I need to worry about two meetings coming up next week and what I am going to say at both of them. Then (and this is the big one) I have to try to figure out how to coordinate schedules for an IEP meeting for the ONLY student I case manage this year. Could he have 3 service providers in three different buildings please? I hope to get that taken care of today so I won't have to break down and have a little cry again tonight. So wish me luck.