I am really struggling at the moment to cope with the constant small battles that we seem to be facing every single day.
In December our car died and needed replacing. Our fridge, microwave and tumble dryer also all died and required replacing. We duly bought new things only to find that the tumble dryer has a fault on it which basically means that the majority of the time it gets stuck at a certain time. Apparently this didn't happen when the engineer came out so we will have to call them out again (we've videoed happening now). It also means that for nearly 5 weeks we'd been running a dryer for a huge amount of time without realising. Our fuel bill was £200 more than normal.
In January my cat had a medical issue which cost £250 and will require medication for life. None of which will be covered by insurance.
At the weekend we hit a pothole causing significant damage to the wheels of our new car. It's looking likely this will be at least £800 but could be £2.5k if the wheels can't be repaired (buckled). I think we have a fairly solid case for claiming from the council but I'll need to look into it and it will be another layer of admin.
We have a drainage problem. Basically when there is heavy rain it pushes the water back up the pipes and stops waste from flushing. This means that my hallway stinks of literal shit until I flush a load of water through the system to move it along. The volume of rain recently means that the frequency of this has increased significantly.
I have 4 DC. I work FT as does DH. We are lucky that we have been able to cope with all of this financially although we've barely any savings left and there will be an impact for the next year meaning that life will a bit more shit when it wasn't exactly extravagant before.
I'm just so tired of it all. Nothing ever seems to get easier. I've got to a point where I'm so stressed I can't wind down anymore which just perpetuates the problem.