I'm so sick of this family, I want out!!

[devientenigma]

please tell me I'm wrong.....

Weekends can feel very LONG , I am with you there. Is there any way you can get an hour off?

do you want to talk /vent about things ?

feel the same right now, will feel better once the kids are asleep x
just vent on here, thats what i do

You're not wrong. YANBU. I estimate that the sun will reach the yard arm in around 3 hours, and that an entire kilo of galaxy to yourself is the bare minimum for Sunday pud

You're not wrong to wish it - but you would be wrong to enact it.

I felt that way too at the height of DS's problems. I took a weekend off and went to Paris with a 50/50 chance that I may not have come back.

Spent an entire day sat alone on the riverbank wondering whether to go back or not - but did. If you don't fight for them and you're their mother - who will?

Best wishes

DE

I can't tell you are wrong, I feel exactly the same today tbh. I came within seconds of going last week as well, it's hard not to walk away sometimes.

Stick with it girl, you know we must and if it gets too abd walk straight to SSD and say to them unless you do X and Y I do not go back.

And talk to us- we understand

Well seeing as your the best person for the job in hand.. You ought to stay really.

However... I do prescribe that some time out to recharge is just what the doctor ordered.

Even just the planning of it will do you the world of good :)

I on occasion dissapear to Barcelona.. Borrow a house out there for the weekend and just do not a lot.

But I also have little me time treats every week.. Whether it's a coffee and a cake in the local tea room.. Or an orange juice and a packet of crisps in the local pub before school pick up.. I sit there on my own with a book and blooming well enjoy the quiet!

It allows me to recharge my batteries.

Thanks guys, Iv'e been up and down for the last few weeks. Anyway I have done a few hours, theraputic ironing and even put half away. I might even have a long hot bubbly bath still not 100% but Iv'e took a chocolate cheescake out of the freezer
Thanks for the pick up.
loving the breaks on your own, I am defo gonna try and plan something like that, just don't know if I have the guts to go alone, you guys are so brave

Dev.. It's not brave.. It's flipping bliss! I cannot tell you how nice it is.. Even if it's just one or two nights.. ( actually I think I'm due another one :) )

lol, maybe I should have a day away now, while my bags are still packed!!

It is the best thing ever, am off next weekend myself, ds and dh packed off to DMiL! haven't gone abroad, that's a bit too brave for me but o/nite at the seaside... bliss...

dev Hope the week gets better...

Glad the ironing helped! I bake - no one will have any teeth left soon, but it keeps me sane to feel I have 'created' something while I can't go anywhere with DS not at school.

I imagine it all feels like one never-ending weekend for you too Devient with your DS not at school as well - do hope you manage a break on your own. I would not be very brave either, but if you have the chance then go for it!

Enjoy the cheesecake

Hi andperseand, we should go together, or join everyone here lol,
Hoping the kids go to bed early ( before 11pm for them) tonight, then I am going to sit for 5 mins and have my cheesecake before tackling the bombsite!!

Aww DE :(

We should meet for coffee, DS3 is starting nursery next week, so child free for a few hours if you can get away?

I know the feeling DE, it's awful to feel so trapped when things are shit isn't it. and the idea of walking out the door can be very appealing.. But I think it is really important to make little windows of space for yourself if you can to try and rest a bit and gather yourself again.. I've only had 1 night away in 5 years but I did love it and everyone coped fine! I'm trying to pluck up courage to do again soon.. Hang in there.. Thinking of you..

Arsenic - Barcelona = fab. Can I come too please?!!

I'm SO with you devient!! Was just fantasising about getting my own flat on and off all day!

In the summer we were all posting about trying to get together with the kids. Maybe we were going about it wrong - we actually need to get together without them

Hope things seem a bit brighter this morning Devientenigma.

What a great idea, hadn't thought of going away on my own. Think I will enjoy planning it in my head for a while. Oooooh - where to go (anywhere), what to do (nothing), what to pack (Good book, Bubble bath, Wine & Chocs). Oh the possibilities Must start a secret savings account!

Have been going slowly insane since DS1 (AS/HFA) started school and twins started the terrible twos. Thought there was no hope until I discovered the SN board. Whoopee, you lot are lifesavers.