Hello, I'm new to this and I'm just looking for some moral support! I have a lively 6 year old son and 5 year old daughter, and I'm so tired that I'm wondering if something is wrong with me, or that I'm doing something wrong!
I used to have a fairly demanding career that involved long hours and travel, which I handled like a breeze and which I continued after my two were born and in childcare.
However, as they have each started primary school, I have scaled back and back at work, until recently I gave up completely. I feel that there is no time to keep on top of all the demands that the school make, alongside running a home and also supporting 2 sets of ageing grandparents who live 2 and 4 hours away.
I feel exhausted, and yet lazy, because I know that other mums work part- or full-time. Yet I barely have the brain space to hold an adult conversation.
We cover about 120 miles every weekend visiting grandparents and staying overnight, plus 8-hour round trips in the school holidays, but the rest of the week I am just trying to catch up with myself. I do have an hour to myself each weekday morning to go for a walk, so what is wrong with me? Do I have a reason to be this tired?
Thank you!!