Help me snap out of my bad mood. I'm snapping at my kids.

[GeckoFeet]

I'm hot, grumpy and resentful. Just manually blew up a paddling pool which I just bought which I didn't really have the money for. Now I'm knackered, kids are being annoying. Ex husband who I still live with is having a great time with his friends having a picnic by a river.

Our garden is shit. I had to pull loads of nettles out before blowing up the pool.

I'm trying to chill out but I'm just wound up and miserable. I don't want to take it out on my kids!

I think I'm in a bad mood as I didn't have anything properly planned, had a busy weekend last one and busy one next week. Not sure why I can't just be content with a more relaxed one especially when the weather is so nice.

Please let me know what you are upto, or how I can snap out of it, or a joke, or anything!!!

Thanks 🙏 👍

I think we just put so much pressure on ourselves to do ALL THE SUMMER THINGS the minute the sun comes out. There's a whole long summer ahead of annoying paddling pool fun and all the rest of it. Pour yourself a cold drink and sit with your feet in the pool for a while. All the shrieking and complaining about being cold and wet will tire the children out and you can have peace to watch Eurovision

Can you put your favourite music on and have a dance party in the pool with the dc?

I find a boogie often shakes me out of the grumps.

@Damnyourheadshoulderskneesandtoes I feel like you've just been a fly on my wall ....my kids have been complaining about being wet and cold!! Thanks for the drink reminder, I think I was a little dehydrated!

@SeaToSki yes good plan. Think I'll read a bit of my book and then put music on after to have a dance.

@Italianita I have them Saturdays, he has them Sundays but tomorrow they both have parties to go to that the other can't attend so I'll be roped into having them tomorrow afternoon too....I think this is contributing to my miserable mood....but I can't complain as i was away last weekend for a wedding, child free!

I always feel pressured to do summer fun activities as soon as it’s just a bit warmer too. So I’ve started keeping an ice cream in my freezer so when it’s a bit sunny we can have ice cream outside and I tick the box “summer fun” until the next weekend.

I think ex DH being still there is contributing to your bad mood - you can’t relax as you want.
Hope you’ll sort it out soon.

I feel so irritable!! The garden is in shade now so me and the kids emptied the pool, as last year we left it out for a week and it ruined the grass. As I was emptying it I punctured it, so annoying after one use! I've been searching for water proof masking tape.