Anyone else feeling a bit down today?

[wesew]

Xmas is over
New year but same sh**
Back to work tomorrow
Worried about school situation ( tier4) and even if kids go back they are likely to be sent home shortly
House is a tip and needs cleaning
I'm fatter than ever
Feel that I need to drink and eat less for the next month

Before I get criticised I know it could be a lot worse and I'm very lucky but I just wanted a little moan!

Yes. I feel like we’ve gone back to March. I’m back to work next week, tired, much fatter and exhausted. I’m worried about the kids going back especially as I have two with Sen so I’m nervous about them going to school and nervous with them picking it up.

Me, I’m so fed up today. I do realise I could be much worse off but the sheer relentless boredom of it all. Have zero motivation to do anything. DCs (and me) spending too much time on our phones. Going to try and go for a walk later. DH back at work tomorrow (but working from home) I’m back on Tuesday and both DCs (secondary age) will be home schooling. I know it won’t last forever and we are lucky to have jobs but I just cannot be bothered to motivate myself to do anything. I also haven’t been in the house alone since March as my DH has been working from home since then and that’s annoying too, never having any time away from anyone. But also realise I’m very lucky in a lot of ways and try and remind myself lots of people are having a much harder time (but still can’t help having a bit of a pity party to myself)

Yes I’ve been having a very “off” week and I can’t pin point exactly why I have felt low, probably a mixture of things.
I am actually looking forward to starting work tomorrow to occupy the days and my mind. Endless days of doing the same thing is getting to me. I need some normality back and getting back to work after three weeks off is what I need.
I forced myself to go for a run this morning and feel much better for it. Can you try and get some exercise?

I was like that this morning so got off my arse and went for a run. Always feel better after exercise.

Ive been at work between Christmas and new year so looking forward to going back. I like my work and colleagues and need routine.

Meeeee.

Back to work tomorrow after a week off. Back on my diet yesterday.

Kids working online from home for at least this first week maybe longer. It’s grey outside.

I've spent time today reinstating my working from home workstation, which was packed away over Christmas. Its utterly crap that is something I have had to spend time doing on last day of holidays... But I need to be ready to work in the morning so it needs to be in place.

This brought a small smile to my face though: sums things up nicely for a lot of people I think.

that video did make me laugh and cheer me up!

Massively depressed today, I just want to go back to bed. I've lost my appetite and my ability to enjoy things I usually enjoy, and dreading how busy work will be tomorrow. Not helped by not knowing whether it's safe to send the kids to school or by DH having to go for covid test - don't think it's covid honestly, but it means he can't go to work tomorrow. So I get to work while he has a lazy day.

I just can't see an end in sight, the first lockdown was awful, but this one is even worse.

Glad you enjoyed it @turquoisesea

I am sad. Took my tree down and decorations; this always makes me feel blue. My son went back to his air base too and we are not sure if we will see him before his 9 month deployment in April.
Plus back to school. Feeling quite sorry for myself.
I know people have it worse though!

@Lepetitpiggy

Funnily enough I am feeling more nervous and twitchy about the virus than ever before. I've been reasonably ok - following rules, mask wearing etc, but today it's kind of properly sunk in that this is utter shit!

This is exactly me too !!! I've been relatively calm about the whole thing although cautious. Today I feel very worried.

Definitely - all the decs & tree down, work tomorrow. I'm in pain from a nasty fall on Saturday, I think my Menieres is kicking off and DH is annoying me twanging on his new bass guitar.

I need a kick up the arse (where it's not bruised).

Feeling very 'meh' today.

Feeling guilty, anxious and agitated.

Yes. Very. Recovering from Covid which has shat on the Christmas break. Also have burst lumbar disc which has got worse over last few weeks (self isolating, no treatment). Lost sense of taste. Lots of crying. Two dcs at home. Separated. Feel like I'm done.

Me!

This was the longest I've had off work (12 days) in years and I was hoping to be bored. I'm not, I love pottering, cooking, playing games, lie ins, reading, walks.. I could go on.

Hey ho back to reality.

thanks ipoke that's the first smile I've had today x

Yeah I feel really down for numerous reasons. It could be worse I guess.

orangesamphire 💐💐💐💐💐

Yep, it's grim. I've never wished away holiday time before, but this is genuinely a time when I'm grateful to be going back to work tomorrow for a bloody rest! DS is in the throes of the Terrible Twos, DH has been grumpy and stressed the whole time, and we've not seen a soul besides each other so no respite at all. Add crap weather and being heavily pregnant to that and it's all been pretty shit. Roll on spring!

me too! just so totally fed up and unmotivated. We finished 10 days isolation last night at midnight (dd tested poitive) and I couldnt even be arsed to leave the house today. House is a constant tip, despite me semeing to have done nothing but clean and tidy for 2 solid weeks. back to work proper tomorrow *NHS cknician) having ahd to work form homse this week due to iolating so will be loads to catch up on and it is already crazy busy. 3 teens all now home learning for at least 2 weeks. 12 yr old does not do well wehn home alone (both me and dh out of house all day, dh is a teacher) and will get bugger all work done and will also manage to trash the hosue no doubt......just dont think I can go through it all again. I am just absolutely exhausted and totally broken.
Only positive was that dd remained absolutely fine with covid - only symptom was loosing her sense of smell, and no one else out of 6 other people living in the house seems to have caught it (despite dd being very much around the house and very close to me espcecially such as lying reading in my bed next to me)

@BeakyWinder

Me!

This was the longest I've had off work (12 days) in years and I was hoping to be bored. I'm not, I love pottering, cooking, playing games, lie ins, reading, walks.. I could go on.

Hey ho back to reality.

I had the opposite, so much I wanted to do and then I did.. nothing, but in a way that was tiring. And now I have to go back to work, very aware that I didn't rest or do anything productive, and basically wasted the time off.

Yes, me too.

Life is very flat and dull. I'm in long Covid and feeling exhausted the whole time. Little energy, have eaten too much crap over Christmas and feel even more tired, bloated and shit. There is nothing to look forward to.

I'm still not well enough to work and I'm worrying about how long I might be off and when I might feel better again. I hate Jan/Feb anyway as I suffer slightly from SAD and struggle with my mental health and anxiety in winter. This year just feels rubbish.

Yes. Found out that my so called close friends tier 4 visited my mum 40 miles away. Despite knowing that the partners office has 2 cases of covid. I told my mum that 2 days before they visited and she let them in. We didn't see over Xmas as my partner also has covid in his office and didn't want to risk giving to my Mum. My step dad is vulnerable low white blood count.
I'm bloody fuming at both and have messaged and blocked them.
More shit to add to an already shitty new year and I've not returned to work yet.

I'm exhausted, my blues keep me awake. DH has just been hospitalised with covid after a week of absolute suffering (thank you MN for support on another thread today). It's been hard leading up to Christmas. I've tried, like so very many others, to fill our home with spirit and warmth. DH is a frontline and exhausted. Christmas/Boxing Day was his time off and by the 27th, he was bedridden. It's been such a tough year. DH took care of me after I went into sudden cardiac arrest last Spring. My artery had torn. When the f* does that ever happen? You couldn't make it up, really. It's left me a shadow of my former self, though you wouldn't know it if you met me. DH has been my absolute rock, my stability. He's been a rock for so many, tireless in his effort to bring comfort to his family and his patients. I am broken. My brother's stage 3 cancer announced, "I'm baaaack... and I'm now terminal" in October. I could just cry. I try hard not to. But God, there are others out there struggling with way worse, I know. And nobody likes a one-man pity party.
But we've all tried so hard for nearly a year now to accommodate this virus... we've tried so hard in my own household. It's just been a tiring, long year. To end this year and start the new one with covid in our household is just the pits. I am seriously bummed out. I'd be lost without MN. to all. Keep on keeping on. We'll get through it.

I am. Reassuring that others feel the same. I have been so fucking positive, counting daily blessings, looking after my team at work, doing daily walks, learning to knit, studying, practising piano. And I am so lucky. But not looking forward to next few months and worried about job situation and work.