Situations

What is it about situations that make you feel the way you do? Past personal experiences? stories you've read? other peoples reactions? Last week started with Kristin locking herself in my mother's bathroom by mistake. Inside locks typically lock by bottom, knob, or twist and on the other side is a tiny hole that if you take an unfolded paperclip you can unlock it. Well along the years this unlocking knob had been replaced with a "decorative" knob. When Mom asked Kristin to come out she said she was stuck. I tried coaching Kristin on unlocking it herself but was unsuccessful. I tried my best to stay and sound calm but I was extremely nervous. D ran to get some tools to take the handle/lock off. We had to have her pull off the handle on the inside to free her which she was eventually able to do.... Fast forward to Friday. After leaving the house two hours late to leave for my grandparents we arrive, without flowers which is a whole different story in and of itself. They get pizza for dinner and as we are finishing Kristin asks to be excused. The problem came about when she tried to push her chair back. All the other places she has eaten there hasn't ever been a carpet under her chair. So when she tried to push back she pushed over. She was sitting on her knees so she ended up standing but hit her chin on something on the way. Kristin also bit her tongue. Blood is gushing from her mouth and somehow she flies over DW who takes Daxton from me into my arms. I take her into the bathroom to try to see. She doesn't want to take her check off my shoulder so I can't see I just see blood. Finally I see her chin and know we are ER bound. Throughout this whole time I am so much more calm than I was when she was locked in the bathroom. Go figure. We end up leaving the e.r. luckily with only glue to shut it and her having had her first ever popsicle. But why on earth was I more nervous when she was locked in the bathroom than sitting in the ER??? The only thing I can reason is that I could not see her in the bathroom but I could see her and hold her even throughout Friday night.