Mom funk

[Anonymous]

I find by midsummer I get into a little bit of a Mom funk. It’s hot, I’m tired, I get anxious and a little depressed. I’m bored because I’m just sitting around waiting for my kids to come and go without any life of my own. I feel more isolated because sports and school are paused and those are my social outings at this time in our life.
Any ideas to get myself feeling good again? When I get anxious my stomach gets upset and then that makes me more anxious, it’s just a weird cycle.

[Anonymous]

I am not sure. I am tired, I am cranky and I don’t like the government.

My solution to this so far has been to drink. I recommend it.

[Anonymous]

Me too. I hate summer. It's too long. We all have cabin fever.

[Anonymous]

when I lived in DC- this happened every summer. PP is right, you have cabin fever and need a break from the unrelenting long sunny day. I'd recommend doing siesta instead if just twiddling your thumbs waiting for the kids & or watching a really good tv show and then going for long walks at twilight, when the heat is less oppressive. if you can manage it a few times a week- in the early morning but yes- its too hot to have a normal schedule, people should be splitting their sleep - long nap during hottest part of day and sleep from 11/12 pm to 4/5 am.

[Anonymous]

Do you drink?

[Anonymous]

Send a text to a large group of moms you know to see who is in town and wants to get together.

[Anonymous]

OP here - No I don’t drink which I’m not sure if that is a good or bad thing! I have stuff I can do - clean, laundry etc but it’s all so boring. I do an evening walk and workout in my basement but even that was super hot and humid today. I’m just over summer!

[Anonymous]

OP here - yeah I definitely need to get better about reaching out to people but sometimes I just hibernate bc the thought of going out in 100 degree heat is too annoying. I am my own worst enemy I guess!

[Anonymous]

For me nature and movement are vital to my happiness. I would get out early in the morning for a walk or run or just do some exercising in the yard. It's usually not that awful hot early in the morning. I also try to do a walk in the evening.

[Anonymous]

I started making sourdough bread, DD and I drive to local farms to check out what they sell (Schlagel, Messick, Homestead), I spend hours trying to figure out how I'll cook with all the produce I bought, I love eating out on Sunday nights with my family but only in summer when there is no homework, I take on one big project-- this summer I am creating a new photo book of recipes. My advice is try one new thing to enjoy the unstructured time.

[Anonymous]

I'm in between jobs and feel the same way. My days are kind of chopped up into 90 minute bits. Even though one kid is doing stuff from 8-1 so I should have a productive stretch of time, they have other activities after that some days and by the time I get through traffic to various places and get the dog on his walks and clean up from the 8000 meals I'm making every day, it's 9 pm and my day is done.

I think I always romanticize summer but I'm thinking about the summer my kids will have, and forgetting that I'm the facilitator and not the participant.

Usually our weekends are calm in the summer but my formerly shy child has befriended a vast number of May-August birthday girls from her activity and of course they all live an hour away in various directions. I've spent the past 6 Saturdays taking her to far-flung parties. One of them was near a fabulous plant nursery so I bought a stupid number of plants and haven't even planted them all yet.

[Anonymous]

You are not alone in that. And I also manifest anxiety in my stomach which makes me not want to go out even more (which would probably help). We've started planning a summer vacation, even if it has to be short between the kids' commitments - at the end of July or early August. Something to look forward to and plan and then we get back and school is about to start. If your finances and schedule allow, I recommend it!

[Anonymous]

its 83 today. Right now its under 70. Get outside and break the cabin fever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure. I am tired, I am cranky and I don’t like the government.

My solution to this so far has been to drink. I recommend it.

This is my solution too. Not sure it’s a great one, but hopefully it will get me to September.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - No I don’t drink which I’m not sure if that is a good or bad thing! I have stuff I can do - clean, laundry etc but it’s all so boring. I do an evening walk and workout in my basement but even that was super hot and humid today. I’m just over summer!

Today is gorgeous op. Go out for a walk now.