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[quote=Anonymous]What do you do when, as parents, you've divided up the must-be-dones and the pickup/dropoffs and the daily stuff, and you're a working mom, and it's still too much physically and emotionally? DH is an equal contributor, although, as is true for so many of us, the emotional labor and the tasks associated with that fall to mom. We both have demanding work--helloooo DC--but the balance is that both jobs offer flexibility. Still, I'm beyond spent.

Please don't tell me to hire out--not possible at this moment. And please, if you can, be gentle. I know that there are lots of helpful folks here on DCUM amidst the trolls. While we do have a few factors that push the limits (DD and DS are in different schools; DD's school isn't a quick drive (which we've alleviated with carpool, but still...) and she's in upper-level dance (which she loves and might want to pursue to professional level; also HS graduation isn't so far off)), there's not much to cut.

We'll trudge on with the schedule, so I suppose I'm asking whether those of you who have similar experiences have found anything helpful for when your self is so lost in all this. Have any of you squeezed in time for therapy--individual or group? Or what else made the difference to make the time for, for keeping your sanity? 
TIA.[/quote]

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