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AIBU?

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AIBU to feel so upset about the end of school break?

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catinthecradle · 10/04/2016 19:46

I think I am hiding it well, hubby thinks so too, I don't want to put the kids off school.

There's no problems with the schools, I am just really upset that they go back tomorrow. The house will be quiet, we won't have any time together, we're back to the school routine, morning rush, evenings with mum nagging to check everything is ready, the usual chaos.

I know school is very important for the social aspect, I wouldn't dream about them not going, and they seem happy enough there. It's just Sunday blues! I love the holidays.

Tell me I am not the only one to feel so sad, how do you cheer yourself up?

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PresidentCJCregg · 10/04/2016 20:43

I'm sad too. They'll never be 3 and 5 in spring again.

cheapandcheerful · 10/04/2016 20:47

Me too. I'm a teacher and have spent the entire holidays entertaining chickenpox

marmiteloversunite · 10/04/2016 20:51

Me too. GCSE's are looming ever closer!! Roll on the 24 th June. Can't wait for them to be over. Poor DD.

Enkopkaffetak · 10/04/2016 20:51

Love the holidays all of mine are in secondary I am not a teacher. Just really love having my children around and them relaxing enjoying life.

Perhaps feeling it additionally as dd1 is doing A levels exams from next month and DD2 GCSE's

CotswoldStrife · 10/04/2016 21:00

Bad news about the chickenpox cheap, I remember it going around reception just before Easter once too.

We have one inset day tomorrow and we always go out for the day. I love having DD home (although housework never gets done when she is ...) and have been thinking of the days before formal schooling when there were fewer deadlines to rush towards. My DD likes her after-school activities and the thought of rushing her around a few times a week and the resulting wait for me is a bit downheartening. She does like school though.

Sympathies to all the teachers too! It's a long term coming up and the SATs/exams looming for some make it hard work!

NorksAreMessy · 10/04/2016 21:09

I am back at college tomorrow and quite looking forward to it.
Children are all grown up and at university, but I do remember the first day back being a deep cleaning day :(

G1raffe · 10/04/2016 21:10

I love having mine off. I flirt with homeschooling idea occasionally but think my eldest gains so much from school. And I probably am better for some time apart realistically!

BubbleandSqueeeek · 10/04/2016 21:12

I'm with you. Even though DS has been driving me slightly insane the past few days, I'll still miss him like crazy when it's back to work tomorrow. However, I'm on countdown to maternity leave now, so looking forward to a final summer with my big boy and new little one, before he starts school.

FleeBee · 10/04/2016 21:14

Mine start their Easter holidays tomorrow. It will almost be May when they return! we are all ready for the break

mynamesnotMa · 10/04/2016 21:17

Yes going to really miss them.

thomassodorisland · 10/04/2016 21:26

I'm the opposite and we still have a week off here in Scotland.

Dc has asd some doesn't cope well, I'm counting the days down until he's back in his routine so he can relax and maybe I can sit for a reasonable amount of time.

EweAreHere · 10/04/2016 21:33

We have one more day off; back Tuesday. I work in a school, too, so as bummed as the kids that the holiday is just about over.

gamerchick · 10/04/2016 21:37

I could do bloody backflips me. Boys both in, husband at work, all housework done today.

I have a date with my Xbox I haven't been able to get on for 2 weeks

Iusedtobecarmen · 10/04/2016 21:59

Omg I feel your pain!
Totally feel the same
Doesn't help that dc2(7)has been crying in bed tonight saying he doesn't want to go to school tomorrow! Said he loved the holidays. He said hes going to miss me.We just mooched at home first week and obviously fun at easter, then away second week. Which was lovely.
I dont want him to think school is a bad thing (even though I hated it) but did say not long till the next break.
Although its mental when they are off,I love them being home and not having to rush.
Im not a teacher! I do book some annual leave around the hols though.

Iusedtobecarmen · 10/04/2016 22:00

president
Sad sentence :-(

thatsn0tmyname · 10/04/2016 22:01

I'm upset too. I'm a teacher

Iusedtobecarmen · 10/04/2016 22:04

Being a teacher must be tough after the hols! It kills me to go back to work after a few days off.

pearlylum · 10/04/2016 22:17

FFs sake. Teachers get so many holidays.

OH and I work massive hours. I am self employed and rarely get a day off;. OH had two days off at christmas and none since.

tilliebob · 10/04/2016 22:20

I'm gutted too -I'm a teacher-- but the whole routine of rushing, stress, getting 3dcs where they need to be etc, I feel like I take a deep breath on a Monday and breath out on Friday night. The eldest are mid to late teens now do its not like the working mother hassles have got easier with practise either.

MrsLupo · 10/04/2016 23:04

YANBU, OP. I love the holidays too. I like the unstructuredness and being able to go to bed late and lie in in the mornings (we are all night owls here at chez Lupo) and having time to go out for the day or stay in and play board games or do stuff with the kids, and having time to do things I wish I could do on a regular basis, like make jam and read fiction. I cheer myself up when they go back by getting stuck into work (I'm self-employed so always have a huge backlog by the end of the holidays) and by carving out some quality time with DP. He is also self-employed so we can fit our day round going out for coffee or lunch together. I have a busy week coming up so it's probably for the best that the holidays are over, but I totally agree and hate all the rushing and nagging I know is ahead. At least the weather's better than it was and the evenings lighter!

SoupDragon · 10/04/2016 23:09

I can feel my heart sinking because they back next week. I love not having to be at certain places at certain times. The holidays are lovely.

Next week it's back to school runs and juggling dance lessons, brownies and sundry other after school activities.

PansOnFire · 10/04/2016 23:15

YANBU, I'm a teacher returning to work tomorrow after a year off on maternity leave. My DS started nursery whilst I was off and so the last 2 weeks have been lovely with him, I'll miss both of them tomorrow so much and I'm so sad I'm not around to take him and pick him up from nursery. Definitely not looking forward to getting both DCs ready and out of the house by 7am tomorrow, I was considering getting everyone ready now and sleeping in the car :).

Duckdeamon · 10/04/2016 23:18

Long holidays for us are crappy IME - both parents work, have 5 weeks leave a year, with no local family and no nanny. Stress about childcare etc.

manicinsomniac · 10/04/2016 23:19

I don't know. I do enjoy the holidays and we all need a but of down time but I struggle to stimulate the children enough on my own I think. They need school and their extra curriculars. We're probably too much of a structure/routine driven family tbh.

I'm a teacher but not gutted to be going back. I love holidays but also love work ... plus, when you're a teacher (esp private sector boarding school like I am), it's never long till the next holiday . We have a weekend holiday in 3 weeks time and a week's holiday in 6 weeks time. Then another weekend 3 weeks after that and finish for an 8 week summer 4 weeks later. Not a bad life, especially if you enjoy both sides of the life.

NanaNina · 10/04/2016 23:24

My DGD goes back next Thursday. She's 16 this month, loves her school and will be doing GCSEs in the summer term. I just don't know where the years have gone, seems like yesterday I was meeting her from reception and then through primary school. She'll be going into the 6th form in September and it will be the last 2 years in school. I'm already dreading her going off to Uni (unless it's near home) I was ok with my boys until it was time for Uni and that upset me - a lot!

It is so true that the days go slow and the years go fast.

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