Like it says on the tin. I now feel paralysed.
I have not been apart from my daughter in weeks, except to go to work. When I'm home, I have been feeling like I'm drowning under the responsibility. My daughter is 1 year on Friday and I've been planning her birthday and my husband's birthday who is the day before.
I feel like I get zero time. I do 90% of the cooking, my husband tries but last time I came in from work to find a pot of what I can only describe as hot tomato wine on the hob. He asks me to tell him what to do like a list and it never seems a lot but I end up seeing things that need to be done as I go along. Along with this, my daughter has been throwing tantrums a lot and not sleeping great. I take her out, I take her to a toddler group, I love spending time with her but I am constantly thinking of the next step all the time. I go shopping, I meal plan, I do the housework, my husband does do sometimes but I feel guilty if I'm stressed and he tries to help.
I've been dying to have a day to myself for so long. I cooked my daughter her lunch this morning, we got her ready and packed her off to her grandparents. However I come back and I am so aware of the ticking clock.
The house is a state. My dad is coming over and wants feeding later. My day is slipping through my fingers. I am going to have no time. I start having a panic attack. The room is going fuzzy.
To make it worse, my house keys have gone missing. My husband is looking for them and the longer we look, the more time goes by. I also feel awful that he is looking and they are my keys, they've gone somewhere, and I should be looking for them, not him. He should be working and not helping him. He wont let it go either, hes like a dog with a bone. I end up screaming at him, I slapped myself (I haven't done that for years) screamed, cried, and my day is wrecked.
I feel like a terrible partner, an awful mother for feeling like this, and my day is utterly wrecked and I'm spending this precious time looking for keys while in tears. I'm not allowed any time for myself, am I?
I'm drowning.