It was my day off work and I feel exhausted... anyone else?

[Notcontent]

Sorry, just need to have a moan.

I work four days a week. I am a lone parent and have quite busy weekends and the days that I am at work. This means that I rely on my one day off work to get lots of stuff done. It seems that even though I have a cleaner and try to make my life easier with things such as online grocery shopping, there is still always a never ending list of house/life admin to be done...

Today I: tidied the kitchen so I could use it later, did a couple of loads of washing and hung it out to dry, put away dry clothes, made a casserole for tomorrow, sorted out rubbish and recycling to take out, went through dd’s wardrobe to get rid of stuff that was too small and packed in bags to take to charity shop, walked to charity shop to take the bags of clothes and also bought some food and walked home with it, got home and put things away, made today’s dinner, cleaned kitchen, went for a short run/walk in the park with dd, did some more general tidying up and making kitchen usable for breakfast tomorrow.

I am now completely exhausted.

Do you ever get an actual day off?

I’m in a similar position and I try and split the day in half. I whizz around in the morning doing the essentials and then the afternoon is mine (i usually spend it napping!) it’s like pushing a rest button for me. I’m far more productive if I give myself a time limit. Are your children in school?

I remember those days well - I was a single mum for 10’years and yes, it seems a relentless slog, so every sympathy here.
But it does get better as your dd gets older and can do even the smallest of tasks, dd knew from a young age that we were a team that pulled together so we could have fun together later. And it’s put her in good stead, many of her friends don’t have a clue about even the most simplest task around the home whereas I know dd can do the basics ready for when she hopefully goes to uni in a couple of years time.
I used to do 4 days with a long weekend, and I just took it as 5 days work for 4 day’s pay!