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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gosh it feels like such a slog. Constant driving, listening to vents/dramas/complaints, cooking food no one is around to eat, but then also being constantly asked for takeout food, my evenings don’t really belong to me. I’m simultaneously too busy to do much for myself, yet totally bored and lonely. Spouse works a ton and helps where he can but, ugh. They tell me thanks and that I am appreciated but I don’t actually feel appreciated.

I know I will be sad when they are gone, I know. But is there any way to actually enjoy this? Because I’m not.[/quote]

It is a slog. I did not enjoy the teen years, but I got through it. I listened to audio books when I was driving a lot, but would shut it off when the kids got in the car, because I found that was the time to listen to them. If they aren't ready to talk, agree with giving them control over the music.  For food during that time I got really into making dinner early, and letting people eat at their leisure. Pulled pork and crockpot meals were great.

Then on Sunday, early afternoon, we'd have take out lunch on the back porch. It really was the only time all five of us could carve out between jobs, activities, and whatever else was on the calendar.

[b]You make small enjoyable pockets of time rather than enjoying every second of every day[/b]. [/quote]

As a mom who is now out of the slog (youngest just started college), I think this is great advice.

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