Fuck I'm stressed. Is everyone stressed?

[LiviaSoprano]

Sorry, possible Grinch alert.

I'm just fucking stressed and knackered. Working til Xmas eve, loads of crap subs/unavailable items on my Tesco delivery tonight, house it a shithole, beds need changing, 2 obligatory social occasions this weekend one of which requires me to provide a nicely cooked lamb joint for 12 people, everyone at work is imploding at how much there is to do before 24th, cat is a bit poorly but vet can't figure out what's up, and of course the fucking Tories.

End rant. Thank god we don't have to leave the house on the 25th. After lunch and clean up I'm getting in the bath with a bottle of pinot and not moving until the bottle is empty and the water is cold.

I work for a Christmas charity so it's massively full on, 10 for Christmas lunch, 22 for Boxing Day. And we got a new puppy last week. WTF was I thinking? Actually this thread is making me feel better because I felt rather alone with all the anxiety!

I’m normally little miss Christmas but I just have no Christmas spirit this year!

I haven’t wrapped a single thing, waiting on parcels which like they will try to deliver on Saturday when we are out all day at longleat.
Work tomorrow and it’s last day so need to tie lots of shit up.
Need to sort beds tomorrow as niece and nephew are coming to stay straight from longleat (sis and BIl are coming Xmas eve when they finish work)
DS1 birthday on Sunday, need to make cake. Just this second realised I haven’t got him a card yet
Need to do the food shop.
Need to tidy/sort house

I just can’t be bothered!!

I’m sure the stress of Christmas used to colour my enjoyment of it.
The sign of relief when it was actually here was enormous.
The first year I was with my now husband we babysat my grandson till about 10 pm so my son could go out.

Then we wrapped presents for everyone peacefully and calmly. I’d never known anything luke it.
Then when son came in, we drove up to my husbands home ( he had dogs) and then came down in the morning to open presents with the family and cook dinner.

It was a real eye opener for me..can’t believe the peace and the calm.
My previous husband used to wind and wire me up something chronic.

I feel for all of you. It’s horrible.
We are all going to my daughters. There will be 12 of us.
Her dh cooks the dinner..but we all bring something. Son and partner will bring home made soup and deserts.
I’ll probably make gf cakes and gf pigs in blankets
Maybe write some quizzes

I ve just got back from holiday. Still have holiday Head on and need to get into gear.

Be kind to yourselves ladies.

I've not bought a single present yet. We are going out tomorrow to do all of Christmas in one day while the DC are at school. Dm picking them up and having them overnight so we can wrap and hide stuff. Food shop on monday night after work. The house is decorated, outside lights brightening up the street and I've spent today cleaning so I'm ok that way... apart from forbidding everyone to walk on carpets, eat or use the bathroom

I wonder if the respective men are all as stressed and if not, why we let this happen.

No I'm not stressed. I haven't wrapped presents yet but can do that over the next few evenings. Doing shopping on Saturday morning but shouldn't be too bad. House is tidy as of today so will just go over it again on sunday/Monday.

@ItsJustTheOneSwanActually I do hope your loved ones get good news and excellent care or treatment if they need it

I fucking hate this time of year.

Ok, more stressed than I was earlier. My combi boiler pressure dropped (it seems to do it once a year or so). I've repressurised it and the boiler is working but the radiators aren't proper hot yet. Hot water is fine though.

O V E R W H E L M E D

That is all.

Roll on Christmas Day!

@LiviaSoprano I’m in
Please can I bring my dog? He’s very lovely and calming

I totally over commit socially every year and it leaves me feeling overwhelmed.

We’re hosting a Christmas party on Saturday which is stressing me out (and I can’t seem to stop inviting people to)

But I have done a lot so perspective. When we go all those posters moaning about why people decorate/buy/wrap/do Christmas stuff in November we need to show em this thread.

Roll on the end of work on Tuesday when time runs out and owt we haven’t done/got we will do without

I feel so envious of people who have some time off. DP and I have Christmas Day and Boxing Day off but that is all. Also working this Weekend.

I know it's not the answer to everything- and I know I'm being unreasonable but I'd do anything right now to have two weeks, one week or even a few days off.

Unmumsnetty hugs to those with proper problems and stresses.

I'm stressed too.

I've been struck down with a vile cold, coupled with a nasty chest infection - was started on antibiotics this morning so hopefully I feel human within the next couple of days.
Until then, every time I move I cough (which sounds like a bark) and produce green stuff off my chest

I've still got to get a few more presents, but feel too ill to even brave the shops yet (that'll be a fun task on Saturday.)
I'm not hosting this year, thank god, but I still need to buy £100s worth of alcohol to take to MILs house.

DP has been rushed off his feet at work (as has my dad) so I have to look after DD on my own, while feeling like shit and trying to prevent her from getting any of my germs.

I haven't wrapped any presents yet, haven't actually gotten any wrapping paper - another trip to the shops on Monday.

Haven't even got the energy to tidy the house, have just about managed to feed DD today between collapsing in my bed.

Still need to get my nails and hair done so I don't like I've crawled out of the nearest bush.

Feel like crying.
Merry Christmas

This thread is very cathartic though - thanks op

I am actually not doing Christmas. No DC
Have ordered food for click and collect. Am having masses of cheese, nachos, a pizza on Christmas Day, Netflix and the cat
People keep saying "will you be ok alone for 3 days?"
Hahahahaha I plan to nap, Netflix, eat, bath, nap, repeat

Oh and I have no Christmas decorations, no festive music, nothing. My neighbour went "it's like the grinch. Actually it's very calming, can I have a brew?"

Oh, and it's also the first real Christmas without my mum
Trying to make it as special as possible for DD but can't while bed/ sofa-ridden.

So, so grateful for my wonderful angel of a MIL. She's hosting and has taken me and DD on as her own.

In fact, she called me earlier today to ask how I was and I got a bit emotional on the phone (mixture of feeling ill, missing my mum, being stressed and bottling it all up.)
She listened to me whinge for a bit and then said 'You can always talk to me sweetheart, I know I'm not your mum but I am the closest thing you're going to get to one, and I'm very happy to have you as a daughter and X (my daughter) as a granddaughter.'

Which made me whinge a bit harder. But she's a bloody angel that woman

13 week old velcro baby, she’s amazing but I can’t do a fecking thing. I usually love Christmas, but can’t wait until it’s over this year. Bollocks to Baby’s First Christmas

Can I join in? Nowhere near as many reasons to be stressed as some of you but am massively pregnant, into my second week of mat leave and have spent most of it with a stinking cold. Trying to work out if I’m about to come down with norovirus (rampant at DC’s school).

If I don’t come down with norovirus, I need to do a food shop tomorrow for the weekend, plus last minute Christmas bits.

Also need to pack hospital bag and ask nag DP again to locate car seat and crib in loft, work out where the hell to put all the new baby gear, have a major declutter of the living room and spare room, clean up, make a final decision on VBAC vs ELCS, and hope the cat doesn’t get any worse over the next week (have been at vet’s every 3 days in last fortnight due to nasty fighting-related injury).

On the plus side: most presents bought, wrapped and despatched to recipients, and minimal hosting! So it could be a lot worse. Just have to avoid going into labour before Boxing Day and it’ll be fiiiinnne.

I’m not so much stressed (as I refuse to ‘do’ a lot of the Christmas shite that just ends up adding to my already massive to do list).

But I’m tiiiiiired. So, so, so fucking TIRED. Frontline public sector worker. I’ve been on my tail for weeks, fighting off a cold and sickness bug, trying not to juggle an unreasonably huge workload and not take any time off because we are going through a horrible time at work where our jobs are on the line and nobody is allowed to be ill.

Thankfully (and I AM thankful) I do have two weeks off. I will spend the first week eating and drinking and the second week sleeping. Tomorrow is my last day at work until 2020 (hallelujah) and I cannot bloody wait.

to everyone overworked, underpaid, ill, sad or grieving.

But op you've done it again. You've just invited the whole of mumsnet over next year for a curry at yours. YOU will get boxes of wine in and order in a curry. Wow, thanks.

I'm so stressed that I cried for 15 minutes tonight! Honest to god. I just cried for 15 minutes then got up and carried on writing out the Christmas cards like some kind of nutcase!

I could cry with relief at reading all your posts.