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To tell you about my shit day?

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WhatWereTheSkiesLikeWhenYouWereYoung · 12/10/2023 02:45

None of my days at the moment are great but this one was really bollocks.

First off started by having a series of arguments with DD13 about getting ready for school, getting screamed at to shut up many times by her, and eventually dropping her to school 20 mins late. Driving away from school when I got a call asking me to come in for a meeting about her behaviour. Went in and did that which took an hour, fun as always (it’s a regular thing), then got 2 more phone calls from the school whilst driving home, firstly to say DD had gone to the toilet then vanished, and the second to say she’d turned up, not where she was supposed to be but she’d been found.

Got home and felt broken by my shitty start to the day, cleaned up last night’s puppy piss off the carpet, then got into bed and cried and seriously thought about offing myself, before messaging the doctor to say I was having a mental health crisis (no response from them as yet). The offing myself thing seems dramatic but I am literally at the end of my tether with DD2, she is vile in and out of school and makes mine and my other DC’s life a misery, and has done for years. I then fell asleep rather than do any of the million things I was supposed to do today.

DD2 returned from school to be generally unpleasant once more, I attempted to tidy the house which looks like a right shithole, didn’t get very far. Found a stinky rotten mouse under the sofa which I had to wrestle off the dog who got to it before me, and then eventually decided to have a sit down and watch married at first sight.

Half way through MAFS the dog was chewing on a chewy stick when she started choking on it, and was really panicked. I phoned the vets, to find that their out of hours is now covered by a different vets, so instead of going 10 mins up the road I had to drive 40 mins into the city.

Drove like a nutter to get there in the pissing rain, afraid the dog was going to die, to get there and pay £300 to find out that the dog had now swallowed the chewy stick and was fine.

Got back not that long ago, watched the rest of MAFS in bed, then just realised I had ANOTHER dead mouse in bed next to me.

Can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings 😑

OP posts:
soggybottomsforlife · 12/10/2023 03:09

Oh no that sounds awful. As someone with a 'troublesome' DD I highly sympathise. Tomorrow is a new day. Something I was told which has helped me is to ignore their tone and just listen to the words. My DD has a really heating tone but almost can't help it. I have no advice about the mice Envy!

TommyJoesMummy · 12/10/2023 03:20

Writing a to do list for the day and ticking it off always helps me to organise myself and feel like I’ve done something in an otherwise bad day. I even include drop off/pick up/take child to clubs, schools etc, put washload in, make dinner, write to do list… it’s still stuff you’ve spent time doing, and you can write down removed mice x2, had school meeting, as looking back you can see what you’ve achieved each day. Anything I don’t do, goes to tomorrow’s list. Give yourself a break. Well done on having some “you time” and watching your program. I have gone back to bed before, had a good cry, slept and recharged. You needed it.
Tomorrow is another day!

fruitypancake · 12/10/2023 03:53

That does sound like a really shit day OP. I think you did what you needed to do in having that rest and really listened to your body, housework can wait.
What's going on for your DD? Something is making her behave in this way .. does she talk to you about how she is feeling? Flowers

Mojodojocasahaus · 12/10/2023 03:57

That really is a shit day op, lots of people will be along soon with good advice about lists and SEN and getting a cat but just wanted to offer an unmumsnetty hug 🤗

This too shall pass

ThreeLeggedKitten · 12/10/2023 04:35

Your DD seems so unhappy. Is she getting counselling to help express her self? What’s she like in the holidays? Does she cope better with less school pressure?

ohdamnitjanet · 12/10/2023 04:42

Oh God that truly is a shite day, I genuinely hope today is much much better.
Sorry about dd - so stressful.

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