Is your Sunday evening relaxing or stressful?

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Mine always ends up stressful even though I have good intentions.
Currently in our house, we are ironing, revising, cleaning the kitchen, having baths and getting school bags ready etc.
Unfortunately, my dc are a bit last minute like me.
I don't really want it to be like this but it just ends up stressful.
I'm just taking 5 mins before I tackle the kitchen.
Has anyone managed to change the dynamic?

I think if you were all really last-minute some of that you would be doing tomorrow. My DCs sort out their own school bags each morning - not the night before. I don’t iron. They shower each morning. Our Sunday evenings are just like any other to be honest.

Relaxing everything stops at 5pm dinner then relax

We tend to have a roast dinner mid-afternoon so the evening meal is light and easy (or we skip it entirely if still full) so clearing up is minimal. I don’t iron. Work outfit & bag sorted after DS is in bed; we all shower in the morning. I’m currently sitting in the garden enjoying a cuppa and the last of the sunshine!

It's not too bad as we have tea earlier on a Sunday so all done by 6ish. It'll be even better soon as I'm changing my work days so won't be working Mondays - yippee! So at least I can take out my work panic..

Stressful- last minute EPQ (if you know, you know, and solidarity if you do!). I’m a planner/organised person so Sundays should be zen, but it’s not very calm at home atm…

All five of us have had a tummy bug / virus since my son bought it home from nursery last week and the kids are now developing viral conjunctivitis so....

....stressful.

Relaxing. Daughter bathed and in bed for 6.45 after a busy day, we ate our tea of crisps and dip in bed and having a silent witness marathon! All work things are prepped ready to go in the morning.
There's a pile of dishes but they can wait until tomorrow.

Relaxing here. I’m not working until tomorrow afternoon so shit can mostly get sorted tomorrow morning.

Relaxing, overall.

I don't iron. No one takes a packed lunch so nothing to prepare there. We tend to eat at around 6 and the rest of the evening will be spend reading/watching a film with a glass of wine.

Currently in our house, we are ironing, revising, cleaning the kitchen, having baths and getting school bags ready etc.

Don’t these things have to happen Mon-Thurs too though? Why is Sunday especially different? Maybe the ironing I can see.

Relaxing. I do it all in the morning.

Don't do rushing around. DC sort their own bags out. I don't iron. We shower in the morning. It's just a normal evening.

I have to have a relaxing Sunday, otherwise I start the week miserable. Our Saturdays are crazy-busy as a consequence!

We had a flurry of activity earlier but all calm now too. I've done lots of sorting and cleaning this weekend (for once) so we feel quite good !!!

Sorry OP!

I find Sunday evenings very stressful especially after a school holiday. I like to have most things done, so I'm not rushing around in the morning.

Relaxing. Sunday night is just the same as any other night of the week. Cosy on the sofa for a few hours and then bed by 10pm

Usually quite relaxing. Eldest is 11 and sorts her own bags etc out . We try and do homework earlier in weekend and I don't tend to iron .

Sunday night (and day) is relaxing. I have a run or walk, roast dinner, glass of wine and chill. Kids fend for themselves! Old enough to do so

When I had kids in school the rule was no homework on Sundays, everything had to be completed by Saturday night. Made Sundays much more pleasant.

When my lo went to school, I also went back to work, so I've purposely made our Sundays as relaxed as possible.
So though we may have a big lunch or have activities etc, there's an unwritten rule that everything sort of stops for us at 4pm. So we tend to do the busier activities in the Saturday or only a morning activity.
Then we do baths, a quick run around with the hoover again, a light dinner on the whole, prepare bags, etc. May watch an episode of a family programme or a board game. Then an early bed. During which time I then iron watching something on the TV, polish shoes and sew on any new scouting badges!
Sound a boring, but means the weeks starts as calm as possible, which is great because our week is particularly manic at the start and then calmer at the end!

Relaxing, we iron as little as possible, have non iron shirts, so only really 2 pairs of school trousers for ds to iron, takes 5 mins.

Revising and getting school bags ready happens (nearly) every day and is for ds to do not me so doesn't impact my Sunday at all if he leaves until the last minute. If he is old enough to be revising he is old enough to organise his school bag.

Baths are not mandatory, have a shower in the morning if you find them stressful 🤷‍♀️

Dishes need done every day, so no different, and with a dishwasher no biggie to stick in dishwasher then spray and wipe down the surfaces straight after dinner.

Is there an OH in the picture? What is he doing? Delegate!