Today I faced a fear

Well, not so much "faced my fear" as "was confronted by my fear and screamed like someone was attacking me."

Monkey got a balloon at lunch. We don't secure balloons because we want them to fly away and "go be with Jesus," but today he was holding onto it for dear life.

It was over-inflated.

I was trying to get him into the van while avoiding contact with the balloon. There were people waiting for our parking spot. He turned the corner, the balloon touched the van and BAM!

It popped.

I screamed and jumped back and shook my hands in fear. I had no control over that reaction. It was embarrassing.

Monkey got upset and cried for his balloon and I was so frazzled that I basically told him I was happy it was gone. I'm a horrible person. and terrified of balloons.