To want to cancel Christmas!

[Flyingoutofcontrol]

Guests arriving soon.
Futon only just made.
House is a tip, cooking isn't finished.
DH is a grumpy man.
I'm a grumpy woman.
DS won't let either of us do anything.
Feeling so stressed and I want to cry.
I can barely cope at the best of times.
I hate Christmas.

It will be ok!!

Have a quick tidy round...

Trying hard not to agree

xh picks up 15 and 12yo dc in an hour and they come home sunday night , my first ever christmas without them . It wasnt really meant to be like this.

It will be fine, are you guest loved ones who won't care if the children make mess around your tidying up?

What cooking do you need to do today?

I've cooked a gammon but veg, gravy, bread sauce etc will be prepared started tomorrow and at least you will have helpers.

Will you be on your own getting?

When guests arrived, hand them DS and retreat to kitchen. Pour wine now. Get DH to chuck toys in a box/behind sofa and whizz the hoover over, then sling a bit of bleach down the loo. Write a To Do list and take great satisfaction in crossing things off.

When guests arrive, tell them that DS has been unsettled by all the excitement and therefore the clean sheets are on the end of the bed ready for them.

As a childless person, I'm more than thrilled to be trusted with other people's children and will happily read stories, cuddle babies (and change nappies if pointed in the right direction), build stuff out of lego in order to give a friend 10 minutes peace.

Then start a count down of the hours till they leave