Sounds like you need a get a grip OP...

Anonymous wrote:Vaccines are on the horizon. Stay strong and be hopeful OP!!

This is not a “for sure” thing as of yet.

Hate to be Debbie Downer, but these vaccines are brand-new & some volunteers who took them complain of the side effects.

Also none of the vaccines 💉 have been administered to the general public so no one knows how so many different people will react.

So let’s be cautiously optimistic. 🤞🏼

OP, I hear you. One thing I did recently that seems to have helped is just cut myself some slack. I decided before the Thanksgiving weekend that we were going to lean heavily on screen time so that this weekend could be an actual break for me. It helped a lot. My kid is zoned out in front of an iPad right now and normally that would horrify me, but I'm so grateful to just be lying down in comfortable clothes eating chocolate, drinking a soda, and browsing Twitter and DCUM. I might take a bath and then go for a run later. I don't really care what the rest of my family decides to do. We'll touch base in the morning when we're back to the grind.

So that's my advice. I am also losing my mind slowly. But just giving my body and mind what they seem to be screaming out for (rest, rest, rest) seems to be helping. Every chance I get.

Are you getting outside everyday?

I don’t understand this, OP. I can understand not wanting to do it, or being unhappy that we are still living like this, but I just don’t understand not feeling grateful if you and your family still have your health and your jobs. Is it that you cannot put yourself in the place of someone who has lost a loved one or a job? I know that sounds snarky, and I don’t intend it to be. I’m just really trying to understand what the missing piece is for you.

Anonymous wrote:Some people love being victims. I can't stand people like that.

Some people were just spoiled rotten their whole lives. Oh PP can't socialize and go to Starbucks to sit for hours. Boohoo.

You don’t enjoy curling up and watching Netflix? I do. Weekends are heavenly! No more running around to kids sports or parties, etc. I’ve never felt more relaxed.

The only downside is work bleeding into hometime, but I’m getting better at setting boundaries. Guess what? Everything can actually wait until tomorrow or later this week! The truth is very little needs to get done right away.

I miss travel, but that will resume within the next 12 months.

Some people love being victims. I can't stand people like that.

How old are your kids? Are they in school or learning at home? What things do you miss the most?

Anonymous wrote:How about simply thankful you don’t have it?

We have it now. Even the mild version sucks.

OP here. Oh I have tried every rational thing - making both real and mental lists of all the things I should be grateful for.

It doesn’t work. I just want to go to sleep and wake up when life is like before.

Is there nothing interesting to you to do at home or outdoors? There is more to life than just hanging around other people.

You need to focus on what you're grateful for each day. You have a husband! You live with someone good-natured! You have your health!

Vaccines are on the horizon. Stay strong and be hopeful OP!!

How about simply thankful you don’t have it?

We have it now. Even the mild version sucks.

I’m fine. Family is fine.

But staring down 3-6-9 more months of this makes me want to cry or have a nervous breakdown. I hate everyone who is happy or thinks this is awesome. Even my husband seems to mind it way less.

I feel like Tom Hanks with the volleyball and the hash marks counting the days.