end of holiday overwhelmedness

[nellieloula]

hello - as we approach a new term, is anyone else feeling unbelievably shattered and overwhelmed? I've been at home on my own for 6 weeks with a 5.6yr old and 2.10 yr old and want to go and hide in a dark room for some considerable time. Anyone else feeling like this??

[passmyglassplease]

yep, same here, I have only had them for 3 weeks but it has been very intense as my eldest dd is in early puberty!!!

its so bad that I have already opened the wine!

I am a terrible mother

[deaddei]

I am on my second glass passmyglassplease and it feels good.

[nellieloula]

Not at all passmyglassplease! I would join you, but am going out tonight. And in sheer desperation to do so have resorted to using an unknown, but very well checked out, babysitter. Getting nervous about it now but I am so much in need of a change of scene and to do something other than referee and shout all day long. Roll on school!

[MuckyDucky]

Yep and I have only had ds back for 5 days. The difference in expectations is telling and 2 weeks with the ex and his family means ds is now spending some time on his own in his bedroom. I am currently hiding and have raided an emergency stash of chocolate. I have a bottle of coke and will be mainlining the caffine until the little darling goes back to visit his father on thursday. However am seriously considering canceling the visit so i can sort out the damage he has done oh joy.

[nellieloula]

that must be really hard mucky, all your good work undone. Don't have that to contend with- but I'm with you on the chocolate, caffeine and wine front!

[passmyglassplease]

ok now on 2nd glass

lets hope I am not to pissed drunk to cook dinner for the lovelies and dp who is arriving later!!!

[passmyglassplease]

can sympathise mucky with the retraining aspect as I have had to cope with that in the past.

however now the dcs know the 'my house my rules' always applies, no matter what they did at their shithead fathers house.

[mummyflood]

My sentiments exactly Riven.

I work in a school and DH does contract work for the local authority connected to schools, so we will both be glad to get back to work, but swapping our kids for other peoples!!

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!

[MuckyDucky]

I have just discovered i cant cancel said visit due to having tickets to a show but ds doesnt know that. he still thinks he has to prove his behaviour or he doesnt go. Bless him. He has been given the choice of sorting it out and having fun, not sorting out and staying to sort it out so he doesnt get into trouble when he goes back to school and not sorting it out and taking the consequences.

Negotiations have been intense. He has decided the first is best and we have a behaviour agreement for the next few days lets see what happens