Anonymous wrote:Why have kids if you don’t enjoy them?

How astute.

Yes. Am at my wit's end along with all of yall.

Lost power for 3 days due to snow.
Can't find all the kids winter gear and all they want to do is play outside. So much laundry and wet mess and complaining that their hiking boots are soaked through because IDK where the hell their snow boots and bibs are.
School closed all week.
In-laws at end of their 2 week holiday visit; DH had work travel and has left me with them all week.

Please, please, please tell me their flight WILL NOT BE DELAYED OR CANCELLED ON FRIDAY.

Why have kids if you don’t enjoy them?

Anonymous wrote:I said to myself today I can’t wait until my 3.5 year old is 18 and gets out of my house. I am 4 weeks postpartum with my second and sleep deprived and stuck inside and winter is garbage and husband has health issues suddenly and I just want people out of the house or me out of the house. I would love to scream and scream and scream and scream and scream so instead I’m posting here.

Same here girl. I set a timer on my phone for 5 minutes and say that I can cry for that long. I’ve been doing this every day for about a week now. 4 kids under 9 stuck home with me since Dec 24. I lock my bedroom door, sob silently and ignore the kids until the timer goes off, then shake it off and put my big girl pants on and get shit done 😂

Hang in there. Solidarity.

Must be nice at only three weeks. Mine have been home since the start of covid.

Yep. My husband just startled me. Normally would result in a yelp, but nope full on scream came out. Followed by laughing so hard I was nearly in tears. Fun times!

Anonymous wrote:I have reached my limit. Almost 3 weeks of being off from school, kids are squirrelly, we are all home all the time, I need to be in a room by myself.

Yes, we are all healthy and have electricity. I know we are fortunate. But man, my bandwidth is zapped tonight.

That is all.

Ditto.

Just yes.

Yes. My 7 year old extrovert is driving me nuts, and is just wrapping up a Covid isolation period so we have spent a LOT of time together. It seems inevitable that someone in her class will test positive once they reopen and then she will probably be at home again. I have plenty of available leave time but way too much work to just keep taking off. I intended to work last week but we couldn’t send her to camp because she was sick.

Yup. Probably not quite as bad because I only have one, but she's 3 and has been home for three weeks, plus she's sick and we're isolating and waiting on Covid results. Miserable. I just sit around fantasizing about what a "normal" day would look like, with a normal workday and even time to exercise or eat a meal in peace. This morning I let her do my hair while I took a conference call (no video, thankfully) and had to talk to my colleagues while she literally ripped hair out of my head.

Friends, I cried. I might go do it again now that she's in bed.

Anonymous wrote:Yep!
My daughter's preschool just suddenly announced yet another day delay.
As if we can all plan to go in on Friday. Just wish they would try to plan more than 18 hours in advance?!?
Yet another day of us all in tomorrow
I'm 4 months postpartum with baby #3
Can't wait for the day when my health is no longer the lowest priority here
Sometimes I feel like I'm just surviving
Thankful for my husband though, he keeps a more positive attitude than me and takes the kids out to play each day they're home

You should be grateful they delayed. Covid is rampant in my preschool that opened today. We’ll be closed by next week

I said to myself today I can’t wait until my 3.5 year old is 18 and gets out of my house. I am 4 weeks postpartum with my second and sleep deprived and stuck inside and winter is garbage and husband has health issues suddenly and I just want people out of the house or me out of the house. I would love to scream and scream and scream and scream and scream so instead I’m posting here.

Yep!
My daughter's preschool just suddenly announced yet another day delay.
As if we can all plan to go in on Friday. Just wish they would try to plan more than 18 hours in advance?!?
Yet another day of us all in tomorrow
I'm 4 months postpartum with baby #3
Can't wait for the day when my health is no longer the lowest priority here
Sometimes I feel like I'm just surviving
Thankful for my husband though, he keeps a more positive attitude than me and takes the kids out to play each day they're home

How old are kids? Barricade yourself in your bedroom, tell your co-parent to handle it (including flame or blood) for two hours. Return the favor tomorrow.

I have reached my limit. Almost 3 weeks of being off from school, kids are squirrelly, we are all home all the time, I need to be in a room by myself.

Yes, we are all healthy and have electricity. I know we are fortunate. But man, my bandwidth is zapped tonight.

That is all.