Sept 17 - Intermediate update
Thanks to everyone who has commented after my last update. It means a lot to know that I have so many friends caring about me. Like I care about all of you.
For a quick update:
Things are looking a little bit better these days. It seems the news meds are helping and a few people have noticed an uptick in my mood, including my wife. I still have ways to go but I am finally starting to get better and can focus again on what is important. I hope this trend continues so I am back to being a happy soccer mom soon.
The weekend was fun and packed with activities. I also got some other important work done.
We had a (funny) incident this weekend: We were out and about with my 30 months old daughter and my wife. At one point, we wanted to check/change her diaper and all went into the ladies room. The diaper was fine, and we pack up. My wife reminds me, that I wanted to go potty too while I was there (thanks Spiro) and off I go. not thinking much about it. The stalls were in an adjacent room to the sinks. All goes well, I come back to wash my hands and as soon as I turn around the corner, my kid decides to yell "Papa" through the entire ladies bathroom considerably happy to see me. I thought they would wait outside, but they decided to wait inside. And of course, the bathroom was packed with other women. Lucky enough, no one worried about a kid yelling but it could have gotten quite uncomfortable. At least it was in DC which has laws in place allowing me to use the bathroom matching my gender identity.
I try hard to see it as a funny incident of "kids being kids" but of course it has me worried too and I need to figure out how to handle this going forward. The last thing I want is being outed and getting in trouble right in front of my little baby girl.
So much for today...
Stay strong everyone and have a great week!
Hugs,
Sarah