My mom stopped by unannounced today and caught me in the weird funk I'm in- you know, the whining, kinda depressed thing, plus the total disaster my entire house is right now because despite my good intentions yesterday morning, I've done almost nothing with the mess I came home to and the mess that accumulated over the weekend.
So that was embarrassing.
But the first thing she said after she looked around was, "Ah...yeah, I thought you might get like this."
I totally intended to make a bunch of lame excuses about it, but she was giving me one of those way-too-understanding-mom-looks, so I just shrugged and said, "Good call."
And then I started crying, and she gave me a hug, but only in my head because we are not huggy people. What actually happened was that she just talked about normal every day stuff and pretended there wasn't a pile of clean laundry threatening to push her out of the chair.
But I feel better, after that. Because she KNEW, and she drove 30 miles just to see me.
P.S- I've got the mess mostly under control now, too. Thank God for moms.