She sounds a lot like my W, who's always going on about how she "hasn't gotten anything accomplished" - it's like in her mind she sets herself a quota for ironing or cleaning, and then of course life happens and she gets sidetracked (ferrying the kids around, having lunch, visiting a friend, etc.) and then looks around and says to herself "I haven't accomplished a THING!" Not very self-helpful. It sounds like your W is dealing with a "backlog" created by focusing on the R for a while, and it also sounds like she's making good progress in that she was able to stop herself and respond to you! Great stuff!
