To sometimes want to just jack it all in and put my slippers on...?

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I suppose i don't really mean it, I'm just having a bad week. I've got problems with my DSD and my DD (4) is absolutely delicious at the moment. I hated the baby and toddler stage and was ahppy to work from when she was about 16 weeks old. I've done really well in my career and the problem is that now I can't see that me or the children could manage without this lifestyle (don't get me wrong, I'm not talking ponies and caribean islands - just enough food and the odd weekend away/ school trips/ good healthy food and never any concerns when new shoes and things are needed)

I actually don't think i would want to be at home all day while the kids are at school and even if my DP was up for it (whichhe would be if it made me happy) I don't think I could soley rely on him incase of redundancy/ illness/ relationship breakdown/ our parents becoming ill etc etc.

I think it's because my DSD needs a lot of support at the moment and it's all a bit draining being so many things to so many people. Not that i'd change my family for the world.

But some days - today is one of them - I just want ot jack it all in, put my slippers on, and have a hot choclate in front of This Morning.

So, AIBU?

YANBU

I feel like that quite often. Damned if you do , damned if you don't.

YANBU I can relate to your comments and could quite easily bin it all some days.

Ah, thanks. I accept your with thanks

I think one of the things that has brought it on is that I took my DSD daughter out last night so we could spend some time together and the little one got all upset she was being left put. I managed to placate her with a promise of going for ice cream after the childminder's tonight, then writing my to do list this morning I have discovered there is something that I just wont fit in to the day that I will have to do tonight.

So I'll have to rush from here at 5.45, fetch DD, take her for icecream, read a chapter of the book we're reading, make dinner, log on, work for 2 or so hours, feign show interest in DP's day, make up the packed lunches for tomorrow, tackle some of my book for an impending book club meeting next week (am always the one who hasn't finished it!) then it all begins again! arghhh let me out!!!

On top of all of that the constant pull between being excited the weekend is on it's way and dreading the fact the week is nearly ending... end of month targets looming...