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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel the same. I drained a lot of PTO due to lack of childcare, illness, and then moving during the pandemic and still haven't had a chance to take enough of a break to recharge. We've been in our new house for two years this summer and it still looks like we just moved in. My family of origin also fell apart over the past two years and I went from having my parents as a support system to zero support at all - which happens to everyone eventually but amidst everything else I'm really reeling. The way I describe it is I was in a hole nearly six feet under, and even though I've crawled almost all the way out, it's still the same hole and still feels like a hole. I wake up in the morning and the work is still there and the expectations for getting it done don't change.[/quote]

Me. Too. All this, even the move detail. [/quote]

Me three, with the move detail and the family of origin falling apart detail.  We also transitioned from preschool/nanny to kindergarten/no nanny in the last year, and I didn't fully appreciate how much she did as far as laundry, basic house upkeep, and feeding my kids. It feels like I should have more time for this without a commute, but I'm somehow working all the time and not at all and, on top of it, I'm exhausted.[/quote]

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