The Daily Grind

At the end of the day when all the kids are in bed, I collapse on the couch. I am just exhausted. I rarely sit down unless I am playing with kids. I never watch TV during the day, I have no idea what is going on in the world, it takes me forever to get dressed in the morning, and I rarely have time to take a shower during the day. Sometimes I dread the thought of another day with twinadoes plus one. It is just so tiring and repetitive and some days just plain boring. :blush:

Sorry for the blah post, but sheesh I am so tired of feeling like my kids are running my life :gah:

 

:hug: I hear ya Rachel. :hug: There are days that are boring and I feel like pulling out each and every one of my hairs. How's the weather down there in Fl. ? Are you guys already into the heatwaves? :hug:

 

Rachel, it's not just you! I feel exactly the same way. I look forward to nap time and bedtime, only because I know that I'll get just that little bit of time to myself. And then I fall asleep. I feel like everything is the same every day. Wake up, get dressed, get the boys up, feed them, play with them, blah blah blah blah...

I have no advice at all, but I know how you feel. :hug:

 

I really remember those days. We even still have them. I did figure out a few things that helped me. One is simply just keeping a window open on my computer to cnn.com or some other news site. Then when I check my email I can check headlines. I really didn't like the feeling that the world could end and it would take me 3 days to find out.

I would also change things up a bit. Take lunch outside and picnic in the backyard or just set up sprinklers. When my 2 were littler, I would sit in the porch swing with a book, change the kids into their swimsuits and give them buckets of water, watering cans, etc and just let them play. Even just discovering a new park was fun.

I hope you get out of your rut. Mine are going to school this August and I'm seriously wondering where all that time went.

Marissa

 

Rachel, it's not just you, I feel the same way. :hug: And especially now that school is out and my 8 year old is home all day, there is so much more fighting and arguing between the kids. :gah:

 

I feel your pain! I sometimes feel like I have a million things to do, but the kiddos are just so time consuming. If I should happen to get 20 minutes to myself, that's not enough time to start something, so I pop on to Twinstuff instead...and then I've accomplished absolutely nothing by the end of the day. :huh:

This morning, I got up at 7am and showered, picked up the house because the cleaning service was coming at 11am, and got Nadia up at 8am. Packed her a lunch, and got her out the door with my DH at 9am, to go to camp. Got K&K up, milk, diapers, packed some food and left at 9:30am to take Kevan to therapy. My DH met us in the parking lot to get Karina, and he brought her home. Kev and I got back at 12:30pm (we're doing this crazy intensive therapy program for two weeks), got lunch into K&K (upstairs, because the cleaning people were in the kitchen area), down for a nap at 1:30pm. Then DH left at 2pm to go get Nadia...and, he had an appt. at 3pm, but didn't have time to run her home, so she went with him. They'll get back at 3:45pm, and I'll leave immediately with Kevan for another therapy session at 4:30pm, followed by his regular oral motor stuff.

Will likely pick up a pizza on the way home, at 6:30pm. The saving grace is that Nadia isn't swimming at this week's camp, and I just washed her hair last night, so we can skip the bath, at least.

Sorry, didn't mean to vent all over your thread! But yeah, I am so freakin' tired. And I make it worse because I stay up late to try to eke out *some* time for myself....

 

:hug: :hug: Yep, practically in the same boat. Some days are crazy with fun things, some days are crazy with whining and fighting. I am just so very thankful God gave me older kids first. They are the best! But, I :wub: bedtime! Sometimes I just sit on the couch and continue to do only that...sit, and enjoy the silence! Ahhhh...makes me wish it was bedtime (as I hear the rumblings of baseball being played in the basement)!

 

That's funny, I was just thinking the SAME thing about my life, though it's a bit different then yours. I keep thinking how much better it would be if we could all sleep in till 7 in the morning, have breakfast and do things at OUR pace, instead of having to wake up at 5, fight to get dressed and hair done on time, fight NOT to feed them breakfast (they eat at daycare) and just generally think life as a SAHM would be better than life as a working mom..

I guess a case of 'the grass is always greener on the other side' syndrome. I feel ya. *hugs*

 

Ditto that!!!

Get up - breakfast - play - lunch - play - nap - play - dinner - play - bedtime - get up - breakfast....................

Kind of makes you feel like you are on a hamster wheel. :hug: :hug: :hug:

 

Oh yeah. I'm there. Totally, totally, totally. It's a killer.

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I feel your pain! I sometimes feel like I have a million things to do, but the kiddos are just so time consuming. If I should happen to get 20 minutes to myself, that's not enough time to start something, so I pop on to Twinstuff instead...and then I've accomplished absolutely nothing by the end of the day.


What she said. It's so cruel - the times that I actually have energy and feel like getting stuff done, I'm busy with the kids; when I finally have a spare minute, it's either not enough to get something done, OR I just drop dead with a cup of coffee and a book (or the computer).

 

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How's the weather down there in Fl. ? Are you guys already into the heatwaves? :hug:


It's bleepity bleep bleep Hawt! I hate it. Did I tell you how much I despise FL? But I must admit beach days are nice ardon:


Anyhoo, I knew I wouldnt be alone! My downfall is my laptop on the kitchen counter. If its not TS (which it usually is) its something else on this dang computer

 

Sometimes it is just sooooo nice to know that someone else is going through the exact same thing. I actually got on TS because it was a "NO NAP DAY" and at the end of one of those, I am insane.

Girl, I sooooooo feel you. Hope tomorrow's better.

 

I had a long post typed out but I erased it because it was such a hijack. So I will simply tell you....you are NOT alone. We've been without a car all week so stuck in the house (Houston's NOT a place to live sans automobile). I'm very near the point of insanity.

 

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I'm very near the point of insanity.


:welcome: to Toddlerhood! <_< :rofl:

 

I am right there with you. The worst part is that I am just too crabbly after being pleasant all day to even have a normal conversation with my husband. It is hard. So so hard and I do think that twins make it so complicated. At their 2nd b-day party I said something about it also being a celebration that I have survived these two years and the response was that this is nothing compared to teenagers. I didn't bother to explain that having little ones is tough but 2 little ones at the same age plus another 2 years older is very different than 3 well spaced out children. It isn't easy and I often am frustrated with myself for not enjoying it more and being better at it. Good luck!

 

I know exactly what you mean. I was at a conference the other day and they told us to get with a partner and talk about something you heard in the news lately. I told my partner, "I don't get to watch the news, much less the TV, sorry"

 

Do you ever just feel like your head might explode from all the things and stuff that needs to get done filling up your mind????? =@

I work all day and I still feel like this--- exhausted, overworked and I swear, this fighting between all my kids is going to send me to the nuthouse! :crazy:

 

I feel the same many, many days. :hug: