stress monkeys

waiting for test results... getting some and needing more... sleepless nights of overthinking... not wanting to horrible-ize the situation beyond what it was, nor discount the seriousness of the choices i needed to make...

since i was using Pintrest, i decided i should collect pictures on a board called "stress monkeys" -- to give humorous visual context to the worries of the moment.  it made me laugh... (always a bonus!) and yes, sometimes i put other animals that weren't strictly primates but seemed relevant to me

so now when i stress, i ask myself what does that particular worry look like --  is it really big, or small? young, or old? and in spite of it's anxious eyes, is it wise in a beautiful way?  should i really be giggling about it, rather than worrying?