Bed.

I tricked my son into thinking it was bedtime 30 minutes early so I could go soak in an Epsom salt bath.

It is now 7:49 p.m. and I’m going to bed. I might not go to sleep right away, but I’m going to lie there until I do and it’s going to be AWESOME.

Pep Talk.

Yesterday I called my husband from work and said “I need a pep talk.”

Silence.

I said, “I need you to tell me everything is going to be okay.”

He said, “Everything is going to be okay.”

Then I informed him that I needed to hear him say “you can do it.” So he did.

It was an odd exchange, but it worked.