I’m having major anxiety b/c DS and his girlfriend are going away this weekend with a large group of friends. They have rented a vacation home in a tiny town that is a minimum of 45 minutes away from the nearest hospital ( and that is under dry road conditions, which they are not likely to have). They did this last year in a different location, and a local business catered the whole weekend. They are doing the same type of thing this year.
DS is very confident that everything will be safe, and his friends even ordered a birthday cake for him from a nut-free bakery. (Why a 24 year old would prefer the company of his girlfriend and friends over his parents on his birthday, I have no idea.
). Of course, I am not nearly as confident. I made him get 2 more Epi refills.
My anxiety about this trip has been mounting since he told me about it 3 weeks ago. Now that it is here, I am freaking out. And depressed. Why does it have to be this way? I can’t stand the constant background noise of anxiety; and then when there is a departure from routine my anxiety just spirals. And the fact that he really isn’t as careful as he should be makes it worse.
I suggested he bring safe food, which resulted in a withering glare. What’s a mother to do?