[Not long after she comes into the kitchen and strips!
Strips her gloves off. What did you think I meant?] The glass has been defeated. The window is covered. The world is safe for pancakes.
[It sounds like she managed not to dwell, doesn't it? There was a little dwelling. But she pushed herself to work faster so she wouldn't let it catch up to her. It's just hard now. It doesn't mean anything is wrong. It will get easier, so she just has to keep things okay until they get there.]