The morning was a success, caring for a happy little girl. Only one bout of tears, from a clunk on the head at a corner of furniture, but chocolate almondmilk made things better quickly. Her mommy got 4 straight hours of sleep following a 13-hour night shift as (surprise) a sub RN in Emergency instead, because the hospital is more short-handed than expected. 4 hours sleep was exactly the plan, so I'm so glad I could help. Now she'll stay awake to have a more or less normal night's rest.
'this minute' update:
yesterday the thread inspired me and I went to phone and made appt. Kept it this afternoon, and am on track ahead of time with my responsibilities for extended family's bequest work. So, one thing tackled when I started realizing I was dreading it. A lot better than deadline unhappiness.
That was added to afternoon errands for which I already had a '3 by 5 o'clock' card :
P. O.
bank
healthy foods store
done!