1. Tossing and turning and staring at the clock when I should be sleeping.
2. Sticky messes.
3. The persistent, hungry cry of a newborn.
4. Drycleaning chemicals.
5. Lilah's eating habits and table manners.
6. Cooking. Especially on a timeline.
7. Inadvertently offending someone.
8. Writer's block.
9. Social situations in which I know absolutely no one and am forced to make awkward small talk.
10. Imagining Lilah as a teenager.
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Oooh, yes. All of those too! Especially number 9!
ReplyDeleteWhich is why we all did so great and were so pleasantly surprise at how much fun the #MotherOfAllTweetups was! ;)
Delete#9 and #10 are ones that do it for me--most especially #9! I forgot just how much I've come to rely upon Ba.D.'s social skills and connections until the last party we attended together . . . where the one person I knew was one person more than Ba.D. knew. Gah!
ReplyDeleteMy other half is also the more social of the two of us. I have learned a few things from him, though!
DeleteLet's get together and be anxious together about 7,8, 9 and 10. Only for 10 change Lilah's name to Sarah. Writer's block has been haunting me lately.
ReplyDeleteYou have yourself a date, lady! (Except maybe we avoid these topics and do some deep breathing exercises instead...?) ;)
Delete#5 YES, me too, everyday! Not Lilah's off course, but my son's... Hope #1 doesn't happen too often. Hugs xo
ReplyDeleteI get anxious imagining Lilah as a teenager. Oh wait, I just thought about Theo! Ah... ((runs for the hills))
ReplyDeleteHa! Yeah, we'll have to start a support group!
DeleteThe table manners and other kinds of etiquette gets me anxious too. My kids are probably sick of me talking about manners.....but I still say they are important life lessons.
ReplyDelete#1 makes me anxious too. I'm in denial that my boys will ever be teenagers just to avoid the anxiety. Great list!
ReplyDeleteGreat list! #10 is one of the biggies for me, I think being a mom of a teenaged girl might be what does me in. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteWe better get on our bucket lists before #10 becomes a reality! ;)
DeleteI feel anxious now because I've sort of given up hoping for better table manners! (-:
ReplyDeleteYour list gave me anxiety just reading it! I totally feel the same about so many of these.
ReplyDeleteIt is weird, but at "The persistent, hungry cry of a newborn" I found myself so in control. In fact, there were times I laugh in front of her tiny face because it was so cute.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, it makes me a little on edge or underpressure if the toddler is crying or fussy. And there is more loud people around. I guess, i feel less in control.
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Great list. And I'm with you on #10 ~~ my oldest just turned 13. Not sure how that happened.
ReplyDeleteOh #10- not only does that give me anxiety but heartburn and makes me teary as well!
ReplyDeleteAhh, someone familiar with that staring at the clock. I have many many nights that I don't go to sleep AT ALL...it does make me anxious...last week two nights in a row so I was up for like 62 hours...talk about anxiety. I love cooking, which is a good thing since I have a foodie site but I do talk about the "on a timeline" thing in my post too hahaha....
ReplyDeleteI hate #1, 7 is almost a given, I'm no where near as clever or funny as I think and 9 drives me to drink which leads to 7 which leads to 1.
ReplyDeleteA most vicious cycle! :)
DeleteI saw that you choose this topic and so did Ado... brave woman. I didn't pick it because I didn't think I could think of any and then I read yours and ....yeah! There is plenty to be anxious about isn't there. #9....OMG I dread!!! and #7.... Open mouth insert foot!! I am great at it! -LV
ReplyDeleteI hate it when you should be sleeping and don't. And sticky messes scare me! Oh and play doh!
ReplyDeletethose teen age yrs are anxiety provoking...but interesting and a learning experience for everyone! enjoy your little girl!
ReplyDeleteYou got me with table manners and eating habits. Oh how I dread these times of the day. Rest assured you're not alone on that one :P
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