To be really fed up at this point?

[PrettyTricky]

I'm losing the will now.

3 months into this homeschooling, working from home, providing every.single.fucking.meal, doing all the endless housework - and it truly is endless, having to put up with DC and DH being here all.the.damn.time.
And now we're worrying about the finances and the future of both our businesses, and I have a sore back. It's a shit show.

I mean, I'm trying. I'm making the bloody best of it and I even had a week early on where I felt I was maybe even quite enjoying it, but hells bells I'm nearing a sanity tipping point now.

My mood is as dark as my roots and I'm pouring a drink on a Tuesday. I've gained a few unwanted pounds due to a ridiculous compulsion to bake (made somehow even more desperate by scarcity of ingredients and avidly buying wherever possible). This is despite hauling my ass on a daily 3 mile walk to at least feel like there is a world out there.

Anyone else feeling like they're veering close to the point of losing the plot now? When will it end?!?!?!

We were supposed to be reviewing WFH in October but that's now been pushed to January. (My employer is quite ahead of the curve. We've been WFH since the first week of March.) We're supposed to take a couple of days off a month, hours are flexible and everyone is very understanding of the challenges of working and homeschooling simultaneously. We have a pretty good system most of the time but it doesn't allow for much child-free downtime. We might take special leave or unpaid parental leave at some point to have a break. I've considered going part time to free up weekends together. I've been using BHs to catch up and there isn't another one for months now.

We just have to stay positive and make it work. (Losing our shit once in a while as necessary. ) What other choice do we have?

100%. Ive hit rock bottom this week. Had it now. I've got no reason to complain so I feel wrong to do so in real life but I'm in limbo trying to move etc and I just need certainty

We’re really struggling too - DH and I both work full time in stressful jobs. I can actually be classed as a key worker if I want (not frontline) but because I can work from home I haven’t as all guidance says not to go to school if you can work from home. Tears every day from my two primary aged kids, one of whom has 11+ in September, and hardly any work being done as they need supervising and I’m so busy at work.

Our school is slowly opening up but we’re low priority as I can work from home. It was the last straw today when I discovered that some SAHMs whose husbands are key workers have got their kids in school due to their husband’s status, even though they are SAHM! I must admit I cried and totally broke down at that point.

I hear you OP. Feel exactly the same especially about the cooking.

Pot noodle and haribo was a healthy and balanced lunch for my beloved DCs today....at least they ate it without complaint and bar the forks there was no washing up!!

I'm with you op I am really fed up now. When I feel really fed up I look over the road and thank fuck I'm not in lockdown in the house opposite with their nine dc. Makes my lockdown seem a breeze in comparison