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Old Feb 03, 2017, 12:35 PM
Melmo Melmo is offline
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Member Since: Nov 2012
Location: Canada
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Originally Posted by LacunaCoiler View Post
My personal opinion is that you're doing great. You have two wonderful children, you have a roof over your head, you have a full time job with which you can feed and take care of your family with. I think you've got ***** under control. The only advice I can give you is maybe try to take sometime in your busy schedule for yourself. Take time to meditate, take a nice bath, read a book, etc. Maybe even some therapy could help, I have a therapist that helps me with my add and the whole managing my life (cleaning, schedules, time management, etc) kind of thing.
But I don't have a job. I did for 2 1/2 months and then I couldn't do it anymore because my boss stopped me at work one day to tell me that I was too slow and not stressed out enough. It infuriates me just to write that because I was stressed out every f*ckibg day and even broke down crying not long before that day because my kids' sitter messaged me because I forgot my daughters bag with her diapers and wipes. So I quit that day. I couldn't handle it anymore. I was getting up at 5 or 5:30 am, rushing to pack lunches and shower, find clothes and get all 3 of us out the door by 6:30. (we were almost always late) we would walk to my oldest daughters daycare for 7 then rush to catch a bus to my youngest daughters daycare. Then I'd walk to work and get there just in time which was 8. If we were late leaving, instead if being late for work I'd call a cab so I wouldn't get in trouble. I spent a lot on cabs.
Then after work (there was no end time, because I did housekeeping in a hotel, we were done when our rooms were clean, which meant I was stressed out every day about weather I'd be done in time to pick up my kids before the daycare closed) I'd walk to one daycare, bus to the other and walk home. We were usually home around 6. By then I was exhausted and had a cranky toddler who was hungry and tired so I had to rush to get supper on the table, get them fed and in bed and then spend the rest of the time trying to clean up without getting distracted. I could not do it.
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