Is it just me or has this week been a clusterfuck?

[cheesenpickles]

I know Monday was Blue Monday - the most depressing day of the year, but the whole week has been a nightmare. I've been ill, dd1 and dh have been ill. The childminder sent dd2 home twice because she was "sad". I've got a mountain of work to do (I work from home) and I can't get on. My dh kindly arranged to get our electrics sorted, so we had no power, on one of my work days when I need the internet and I couldn't just pop to a place with wi-fi because mil cancelled having the kids last minute.

They're currently screaming the house down and I'm hiding in the garden for 5 minutes. Is it Monday yet?

Gotta agree, OP. This week has been pretty crap!

Seriously, I know things go wrong and in the grand scale of things these are pretty minor. But kerhistttttt. What an absolute nightmare.

Yes I've had an unusually bad week

I've had 4 rubbish days and 1 surprisingly good one but to be honest for the past couple of weeks I've had more rubbish days than good.
Problems with a work project (self employed so they all fall on me to sort out) a mother with dementia, who was also a victim of a crime this week, 2 kids (illness, nits, terrible 2s), my own health (I'm disabled with a chronic illness) and Fuckwits for siblings.... and the scary thing is I see no end in sight for any of them.

The childminder sent home DD2 because she was what now?!?!?!

Sounds like the time DDs childminder sent her home because she had a bad cough and once I picked her up, she didn't cough once.

Rubbish week. Similar to yours OP.

Firstly, DH is away all week with work so I'm on my own with 2 DC.

Hellish commutes on Monday and Tuesday - accident on motorway on Monday, snow on Tuesday. Didn't get home Tues until 7.25pm, by which time (thankfully) my DF had stepped in and collected the DC from the childminder.

Wednesday, DC1 falls ill with headache and high temperature. Off school for next two days. I'm supposed to be working from home but can't get much done as she's home. Also, Internet keeps cutting out. I'm worried and anxious for 3 days (she's much better now).

Both DC coughing a lot and generally under par. I'm also starting to feel like I'm sickening for something. I've just recovered from a UTI and can't take any more time off work.

Next week looks crap too. More snow forecast (which makes driving around here treacherous). And DH not home for another week.

I think she's teething but because they can't give calpol etc she got sent home (and then was fine ).

Definitely been the week for it. I've got a hectic week next week with appointments and travel. I really cannot afford for have childcare issues again.

I think tonight is going to involve takeaway, booze and ice-cream.

Ahhh. I'm sorry to say it but this thread has lifted me somewhat as I could've written the opening post. Misery loves company and all. Work travel- which I love but which can be tough too; huge workload meaning I need to probably put in around 6 hours of prep tomorrow;all three of us have been unwell this week; I'm going through tests for possible MS except I've a feeling my MRI results have been lost as I've not yet had them after 5 weeks in spite of me chasing them; DD is 7 and emotionally going through the mill at the moment not helped by DH and I also feeling a bit fragile and we're stuck in a rental property that's becoming really scruffy and has had a leak that's done a lot of damage (landlady's brilliant mind you) where- even though we actually have a property elsewhere, there's a sitting non-tenant that we need to get rid of except it's DH's brother who unfortunately happens to be a sociopath... so yeah. All a bit shit at the moment, feeling glad about not much & speaking really honestly, delighted at frequent work travel as I hate being in this house. It's not a home. It's a shit tip that I can't see us ever managing to move from

I’m hiding in bed with a horrible period. Worrying all my friends hate me.

@SageYourResoluteOracle never rains but it pours? Ammaright? I'm putting it down to time of year and how much we all miss the sunshine. Glad... we'll sort of, more relieved... nope... less feeling shit is probably correct, that it's not just me. for all!

Yes my week has been shite too. You are not alone.

This week has been really lovely for me.

If you listen to the media spouting on about ''Blue Monday'' you'll expect it to be bad and therefore it will be. Look on the bright side,spring is round the corner,the days are getting longer,christmas is a distant memory (thankfully). Plenty to look forward to.

Yeah work has been really tough this week and then my dads dog who we are all close to had to be put to sleep due to aggressive cancer out of nowhere . Roll on Feb!

@GrumpyOldMare I'm in the media so usually scoff things like that off. Self-fulfilling prophecies and all that. Don't know though. This week has just got me. Lol

Self-fulfilling prophecies

@cheesenpickles,that's the words I was looking for! My mind went completely blank! Lol

Haha, it's the only thing I remember from A-Levels.

See I don't ascribe to the blue Monday thing and was actually in fine fettle until Friday (which was actually yesterday ...feels like longer than 24 hours ago) when I began to feel exhausted, my facial numbness etc possibly MS symptoms felt more pronounced and then cried myself to sleep feeling shattered and low. my mood hasn't lifted today either. So it's not like I headed into the week thinking, uh oh: blue Monday, I just
Suddenly feel extremely low.

Thinking of all the posters feeling down or exhausted or sad and sorry especially for the PP who has just lost a beloved pet

My first born DD1 was admitted to hospital on Monday, and is now being fed through a an NG tube to get her weight back up past deadly dangerous.
In her own hospital where she is a doctor. A good, committed, driven doctor who cares for everyone else but can't take care of herself and I fucking hate anorexia.

180 miles away from me (yes I've been there for the last few days but have an autistic son at home who needs me too...) I thought she had beaten the bastard illness but no.

This week sucks.

Yep.

Was part of a big project which unfortunately made lots of people redundant this week.

Then I got my own notification. Karma i suppose.

Yup! Shit for me!

• found out a close girlfriend's (36) cancer is back, has spread, and is terminal. She has two small kids.

• best friend's mum died this morning

• our closest "couple friends" (who DH and I met through) are divorcing

• house exchange and completion dates have fallen through and we have to leave our rental as new tenants are moving in, so we are homeless

• me, DH, and DS(2) all have nasty coughs

• chicken pox outbreak as DS nursery

....