I hate Sundays

[GhostInTheCoffeeMachine]

I'm trying to switch things around so sundays aren't a day of stress and misery.
Kids are doing homework today.
Uniforms are being done now
I'm shopping today for an easy dinner tomorrow and packed lunches for the week.
Is there anything else I can do to make tomorrow restful and calm?
What are your typical sundays like?

Sunday is my favourite day.

A bit of a lie in, Sunday dinner and then drinks with friends.
I try to do all washing and homework done Friday evening and Saturday so Sundays are free for our weekly get together 🥂

I think the key is organisation! As pp have said get as much out of the way as possible to make Sundays less stressed. Then plan something nice For the day

I'm giving up the ironing tomorrow and replacing it with.........

Painting the hallway and making pasties. Rock and Roll!!!

Better than ironing! I mean, I'd farm out the decorating but I love a pasty

I too hate ironing and try to do as little as possible but some things do need ironing. I stand in front of / liaise with people people all day pretty much as a teacher and really don't want creased clothes.

Yes to bring more organised. I've started online food shopping again after a few years. And it's not ideal but it's time saving.

I don't mind painting to be honest. Wallpapering is farmed out to the professionals, along with the doors that need hanging.

The minute I left home I stopped ironing waste of time . Sundays I don’t care about if I join a new church (long story stbx upset people at three churches I joined) I love the Christian year with its dates etc.

I love Sundays, out to ds1 swim lesson for 9:30, home by 11 and set the dinner off, always a roast type thing served around 1pm. Afterwards we go for a walk, home for a movie.

book bags and nursery bag all sorted and hung by front door with shoes and coats around 6pm.
laundry just gets done as and when needed - a load a day and usually beds stripped on Sundays as soon as you wake.
homework is immediately after school Friday other than daily reading.

I love them but then again I do tend to make sure everything is done on a Saturday. All we do on a Sunday is lie in, have bacon and egg, go to church or sometimes a walk/day out and eat lovely food (usually with friends from Church).
For instance tomorrow I’m planning on getting up around 8am (if earlier I’ll lounge on the sofa with a brew and MN). Then I’ll do us a cooked breakfast before Church at 10.30am.
I’m then doing a roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings for about 3pm and have two friends coming to join us - I enjoy making it in my sunny kitchen with the radio on (EP on Sunday 🤣). We’ll have a lovely, relaxing time chatting plus a pudding (I have pineapple upside down cake planned). We then tend to watch a film and have a relatively early night for the busy week ahead.
As I type, the house is spotless, DH has done the ironing, shopping is away and tonights dinner (chop, chips and salad) is prepped ready to do in an hour or so.

Ive always loved Sundays. It's the one day I feel able to really just mooch around all morning. Saturdays I feel I should be 'doing' something, but Sundays are no pressure days. My only chore is to take the dogs out and get the papers.
Though of course tomorrow I'm actually meeting with some people I don't know about how crap our managing agents are...

I love Sundays. Since I was a teenager Sundays have been horse days. Some Saturdays and weekdays too but always Sunday

Mind you I don't have kids to organise

@Doingprettywellthanks Saturdays are relaxed and fun. Yesterday We went out and didn't get back til very late.
Now I have to finish off any chores and try to get things ready for the week.
Im aiming to get them all done this morning and have organised a bike ride, easy tray of chicken, veg and potatoes and apple crumble for dinner and a film for this evening.
That's the plan. The reality may be different.
Thankfully, I don't do ironing.

That's the plan. The reality may be different.

op don’t go in to the day with this frame of mind!!

enjoy

I hate Sundays too. Mainly cos I work them. And I work alone fir most if it.

Means I can't enjoy Saturdays as I need ti get all the washing etc done as I can't do it Sunday. So my week starts off on a monday with full airers that need dealing with and any clearing up of mess made while I was at work Sunday or doing the washing etc Saturday.

Typical Sunday for us would normally be.

Put meal in the oven for Sunday dinner and cook some sausage or bacon rolls.

Take Ds1 to football and Ds2 to Rugby, come home and make Sunday dinner.

Dc do the dishes.

In between I’d do the uniforms/lunches with a glass of wine, we normally a couple of washings in between also.

Tbf it’s pretty chilled.

But why can’t the adult who is presumably not working on Sunday sort all this? Unless you’re a single parent of course

Agree with others, get as much done on Saturday as you can. I do nothing Fri eve but Saturday mornings I get everything around the house done, then can go out and have fun without things waiting for me at home, or relax at home with it all looking nice.

Do you work full time op?

Sorry what are you stressed about your work? Or making lunch for kids? It's not clear!

I really don't understand your dislike of Sundays. What are you doing to actually address the fact you are disorganised? That's the major point.

Sundays to us are a day of relaxation. Ds2 often has a football match. But like others all school uniform is washed on a Friday night so it's already dry and ironed and everything is organised, bags are packed on Sunday afternoon/night ready for school on Monday morning. That takes ds's 2 minutes!

If you were more organised than you wouldn't feel this way about Sundays. You really do need to address that part.

I agree with those saying it's not the day but your approach to it, but also parenting is hard. You might enjoy sundays more in the future when they can be your own again.

What does "doing" uniform involve? If it involves ironing then stop! I haven't ironed any uniform ever and have 3 DC the eldest of whom is in Y10. I just bung it in the wash and hang it up, it isn't really even a job.

Yes, I agree it's my lack of organisation that causes this. This is what I'm trying to address. It's why I started this thread and to hopefully get inspired by others who who have enjoyable and fairly relaxed Sundays.
I work every day but am self employed so I think I focus my capacity for organisation (which isn't much) on this. Then the kids/family so the house and my own personal self is at the bottom of the list.
I do have time in the day to do jobs but often end up with a cup of tea and scrolling through my phone instead.