My inlaws will give me a hard time,

I bet it wouldn't be hard to set up a schedule of people to anonymously annoy your in-laws for every time they harass you.

Before the kids went to daycare I had family members stay with me to help. A sister-in-law, a nephew, a niece, and a cousin. DH's cousin loved to take the boys to the mall because it was a serious chick magnet.

My inlaws will give me a hard time,

Lie if required. Say the pediatrician recommended it. (Mine really did) eta: but I would never hesitate to lie if someone gave me a hard time about any parenting decision I made.

Lie or just don't share the info with them. No need for them to know anyway, right?

They're here enough to notice and my daughter is a blabbermouth. The pediatrician did say she she would be worried that ltc doesn't see other kids except for the fact that she is miss social butterfly. I could leave off half of that.

They're here enough to notice

Well, if your in-laws give you a hard time, then you (and TCG) just need to say "This is what works best for us." If they keep pressing the point, you turn into a broken record and just say "This is what works best for us." It's not up for debate.

I need to toot my own horn: I said I was going to get bloodwork done, and 1 week ago I called the doctor's office to ask them to send me orders for that, and so far nothing has shown up in the mail (despite the receptionist saying that sure, they can do that). So I emailed the office today asking the same thing, instead of just letting it go for another 2 years. Woo.

Go, Teppy!

I know they're busy, but the admin staff is the actual worst at following through with requests. I should have just emailed in the first place, but I foolishly thought that talking to a human on the phone would be faster. Silly me.

We'll see if it takes them another 7 days to respond to my email.

A question re: anxiety. Now that I'm on Lexapro and the anxiety isn't making me break down into flailing tears of panic, I'm noticing more generalized anxiety that seems to be looking for something to latch on to. I acknowledge that the Buffistas are not official therapists, but it seems I'm now dealing with the habitual anxiety I've developed over the decades. My brain has tried to take responsibility for things that are utterly not my problem for most of my life. I drive down the road with complete right of way, and then I feel guilty that someone trying to pull out of a driveway has to wait for me to pass. I see an oil puddle in the parking lot I just pulled into, and I worry about my brand new car.

I honestly don't have time to fit a therapist into my schedule, so can anyone give me directions to useful websites that deal with this?