Have been back at work 4 days a week for about a year now, and I have been struggling to keep on top of the house BIG TIME. My husband is very good and doesn't shy away from chores, but does need to be told - I'm like "do you not have eyes? Can you not clearly see what needs doing?!" And my kids (3 boys) are just rubbish at pitching in. My own fault for raising them lazy I guess, and always doing stuff for them. Plus the household admin and school stuff always falls to me, I have to remember to buy presents for whatever birthday party we've been invited to, I have to sign all the shit the school needs consent for, I have to remember to order the hot dinners or sort the packed lunch, I have to take the cat to the vet or get the car MOT'd on my day off (and its me that sorts those appointments). And then more often than not, when I go to pick the kids up from school, having raced straight from a busy day at work, they moan and whinge at me constantly because they're hungry/tired/want something (usually screen time which they already know they can't have til friday!)
I'm guessing I'm probs not alone in finding this plate-spinning madness frustrating, but dammmmn I wish I could escape sometimes and not feel like a flippin servant all the time.