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So so SO fed up and bored by home schooling and domesticity!!!

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pjsgalore · 03/06/2020 07:34

I feel terrible saying this....obviously big love for my two DC, BUT...I'm sooooo sick of having them at home 24/7. Anyone else feeling completely over it?? I quite liked the break from the school run and the general rat race in the beginning, but now I feel utterly trapped by it - and ill at the thought the kids may not even go back in September!!! Pleaes tell me I'm not alone.

I try to count my blessings...(I actually have started saying them out loud in the morning like a mantra!! I have two healthy, happy children, I am grateful we have plentiful food, a nice house, we're not sick, we're okay for money etc etc etc. And I know there are so many people out there in an awful and scary situation...so I feel spoilt and selfish. BUTTTT.

I despise the home schooling thing - I find it a horrible mixture of tedious and stressful), I hate having zero time to myself EVER and the constant noise of my two DC (9 and 6) and the endless making of and cleaning up after food, and the always clean dishwasher.

I'm a freelance writer and am so lucky I've been able to not HAVE to work during this period - but I miss doing something with my brain so much. But if I try to take something on I then get super snappy with the children and feel guilty and stressed. So although I'm bored of the drudgery - I find the WFH thing impossible too!!! And I'm also in the middle of trying to write a book - but my creativity has gone awol and I have NO TIME. As my bottom heads for the chair it's like a homing signal for the children - MUM can we have a snack! Mum how do I do this sum, MUM MUM MUM MUM. ARRGHHHHHHH.

Please please someone moan with me!!!

OP posts:
MarkingTime2020 · 06/06/2020 09:25

Ha! Like the sound of this @MrsCaplan Grin

Titsywoo · 06/06/2020 16:38

I think I could do with a self-pity party @MrsCaplan!

MrsCaplan · 06/06/2020 18:09

It does worry our new rescue dog a bit, mind...!

Wauden · 07/06/2020 12:05

I need a hug Bear

rockingaroundthemulberrybush · 07/06/2020 19:57

@KDOWKIZO, I went to my giving blood appt last week, when I got there, they had to cancel me.as the team had arrived late and weren't set up on time so the earliest appts were cancelled due to restricted numbers. I was so disappointed! I went to the supermarket on the way home to extend my 'me' time!

@Orangeblossom78 - tomato soup and bread is a decent lunch in our house! Maybe some crisps or fruit on the side. What kind of things do you usually have?!

@Wauden - big squishy hug to you!

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