Please, help me get a grip!

[Maddie2019]

So I know I’m being totally crazy but I just can’t stop crying and feel so frustrated!

I’ve been having a real hard time at work at the moment, working 6 day weeks and having a 3 year old is purely exhausting. I recognised that I was going to break any minute so booked a week off to recuperate.

Our lovely landlords decided to treat us to a whole new fire place being built, to rebuild the chimney stack as it was leaking, and to replaster the double bedroom to be finished before Christmas...on my week off! I’m trying so hard not to be ungrateful but I honestly just wanted to relax at home, watch TV, clean the house right through before Christmas, and it’s typically bad timing for such a treat!

Please someone help me pull it together. I should NOT be this upset over some building works and mess, but I really am!

The Christmas decorations have had to come down, the front room has been emptied, the house is a right mess, the bedroom still needs to be emptied and I think I’m going to break any minute 🙃

I’m being crazy, right?

No your not beating crazy!!!
I think the landlord should have discussed dates with you first-what if you had relatives/guests staying/the women’s institute round or had planned an orgy? (Hope that made you laugh)
It’s hard working and being a parent.and guilt goes with it.we are damned if we do damned if we don’t 🙃
Make sure you write down/diary/agenda everything you’ve got on.if it’s in your diary forget about that task until the week or even day it needs done. Cos we’ve got so many things to juggle.
Also make sure you block in time for you! That’s really important.have a night where you chill in the bath for an hour when kids are in bed.
Something to look forward to each week helps.
A catch up with your friends over a takeaway or maybe just a walk out with a travel mug of coffee and your fav music on a grey day.
These little things empty our stress pot out slightly. Because god knows there’s a million things we juggle that fill it 😄

Maddie as your lil one is 3 they are old enough to help with small tasks.like the clean clothes -putting socks in drawers or tidying up toys etc.make it a game and it means you don’t end up doing everything. Your lil on will also learn independence skills. It’s a win win.
Once my kids and I have tidied up the house on a Sunday we have a “chillax to the max” where we all do what we want for the rest of the day.tv and games and iPads for the kids. A peaceful book and coffee in the kitchen for mum 👍😉

Not at all crazy. You need a rest and the rest isn't relaxing. If that was my house, as a fellow tired-out person, I'd be at the end of my tether right now. Is there any chance you can decamp somewhere for a couple of days? Maybe stay with a friend? Even a cheap Travelodge room is my idea of bliss when it means there are no demands on my energy.