GTKYF - Stress

jacksjerseygirl

As we all know, some more than others, adoption can be a stressful journey (all the forms, the home study visits, the financial aspect, educating ourselves about all the pros/cons, the waiting, the failed matches, etc).

How do you handle the stress associated with your adoption journey (exercise, eat (if so what is your go-to comfort food), crafting or other hobbies)?

Me: I exercise my mouth - chocolate is my go-to comfort food and I paint with acrylics (see pic of my latest creation).

crystalpopcorn

Wow! ?You are very talented! ?Maybe you and Dr. Loretta should start an etsy shop to sell your paintings and her sweaters!

To answer your question, I haven't really started the process--so stress isn't that bad yet. ?I am most stressed about how to save money. ?I opened a high interest savings account and am putting as much as possible in there each month. ?That makes me feel like I have some control of the situation.?

Dr.Loretta

I knit and crochet, have acupuncture and an occasional massage, and let other things in life distract me.

kirstenw05

For me, its not really stress as much as its making my brain stop at night when I try to sleep. That is tricky. Otherwise, we have annual passes for Disneyland (its only about 6 or 7 miles from our house) and we will go for a walk around the park and trade baby holding so someone can ride with the 10 year old. Sometimes we just walk around, get an ice cream and watch fireworks. That works for me.

Honeydew1894

Promise me you won't think I'm lame but...I get my hands on $5 off Kohl's coupons and then I buy clearance items that add up to $5 so they are essentially free. I do this w/ baby clothes, housewares, etc. It's a fun challenge!

TTCgradstud

Jerseygirl- holy crap that's adorable!!! I have the artistic ability of a 6 year old so projects like that are out.  I keep myself busy with home improvement projects (see kitchen below).  I also tiled the bathroom floor & tub surround, and redid the plaster walls in our master bedroom (had to repair & skim coat them, it took forever).  Once I finish all the details in the kitchen & associated bathroom, my next project is refinishing the stairs to the attic and patching the walls up there too. 

And the nursery, I painted the dressers and put polka dots on one wall.  And I recovered a chaise to match the dressers.  I'm learning to sew, I think that's going to be my next real project, learning to sew more complicated things. 

I'll go nuts if I didn't have something on my list to do for the day since I'm not working. 

jacksjerseygirl

TTCgradstud:

I'll go nuts if I didn't have something on my list to do for the day since I'm not working. 

 

*sniffs* ... *looks around* ... realizes she is should put away the bon bons, take a shower and um do something.

I'm on spring break ... and some how the day just flew by with me doing nothing but surfing, watching dvr'd stuff ... uh still in my PJs ...

TTCgradstud

jacksjerseygirl:

 

*sniffs* ... *looks around* ... realizes she is should put away the bon bons, take a shower and um do something.

I'm on spring break ... and some how the day just flew by with me doing nothing but surfing, watching dvr'd stuff ... uh still in my PJs ...

Ah, but that is vacation!  I am just unemployed so it's my job to get stuff done around the house to make it ready for sale!