So I'm a teacher and had a very very busy half term, I was asked to step up and cover a colleague. Anyway it was extremely stressful and half term couldn't come soon enough.
However my husband never booked any leave, he never does in the holidays as I'm off. In fact he actually booked overtime. His argument is that I'm off when the kids are so he can "save" his leave for when he wants time off.
Which inevitably is term time when the kids are in school/nursery and I'm at work. (He had a week off after I went back at Christmas, having only had Christmas Day and Boxing Day off).
As it is I've been up several mornings at 5am doing school work or sitting up until gone midnight as I've had no other time to do it.
Let alone the constant entertaining the kids, cooking, cleaning, bath and bed (he doesn't get home until after the kids are in bed).
I'm exhausted and at the end of my tether. I genuinely feel at breaking point. He claims he "never gets a break" because he will get up at 6 with the youngest so I can shower and get ready for work. Yet when I finish work I'm the one dealing with pick ups and stuff, he finishes work and can just go to the gym, out for a drink etc as the kids will be in bed...
None of my family are interested in helping out or taking the kids for even a morning or afternoon, even when I have broke down in front of them and my friends all have young children of their own.
I just feel like I never get a proper break!
I know that I won't be the only one, and in fact I've got it easier than many but I'm just so fed up!
I have spoken to him and he'll "offer" to have the kids when he is off but this is usually last minute and I've often made plans.
Sorry I'm just needing a rant!
I've got a bottle of wine in the fridge and bought myself something nice from m&s to have when the kids go to bed!