Everything is driving me nuts. I just neeeeed a few minutes. Even as I type this I am not getting those "few minutes". DS says "mom, i want chocolate milk" and DD says "waah.. bah bah bah bah" trying to get my attention. I am so tired. I don't know why. My apartment is way too small. I don't know where to store everything anymore. My husband is at work and won't be home until late. I was working on flower arrangements for an anniversary party I'm throwing, & those are turning out to be crappy. I wanna do Travin's lessons but my kitchen table is covered with random crap that I don't know what to do with. I feel like I'm drowning in the mess. & it was just clean yesterday!!! AAGHHHGGGGGGGGGHHH. And now DS is asking for Diego to be put on his computer. The Diego game is broken, what can he not understand about that. I could pretty much scream right now. I post this here because it doesn't look like any of the other forums on the spot are very active... so everything is posted under homeschooling for me. LoL.
Hide in a closet with some chocolate, LOL! That's what I did when we were at that stage. I felt like I couldn't even sit and eat chocolate without having the kids take it all away, so I hid it. The kids searched the house for their missing mother and I escaped with my chocolate for a few minutes at a time, under the kitchen bar, or in a closet. :lol: I remember my own mother losing it once and pouring milk over my brother's head because he kept yelling "more milk!" at her. Sorry to hear that you are overwhelmed (I would be too). Hang in there!
we all check the other boards...but this time of year this is the most popular. Also, it's crunch time for some of us trying to get it together before fall..lol. I have plenty of days like that! Sit outside and read...or stay up just 30 minutes later to relax or get up 30 minutes earlier. Chocolate is a nice escape..guilty pleasures always perk us moms up! Be encouraged that you are not the only one...I had a crazy morning! But after sitting down and watching a few episodes of the Office on Netflix..I'm in a better mood. lol
...Me too....*sniff* I have finals in 17hrs. Yet, I am freaking out because 6yo is not going to get to do his phonics lesson tonight ( I HAVE to study) but I promised him we'd start lesson 10 today, he wanted to do it yesterday but after we completed 9, well, I had to study. Now I REALLY have to study....No ifs, and or buts about it.... I'm not ready for this final, but I cant afford (financially or psychologically) to repeat the class...But now poor 6yo has to go without. He's outside in the sand and pool right now, but I' know he'll come around later (probably MUCH later, knowing him) and ask to do phonics.... *sigh*
oooo im about to SO indulge in a guilty pleasure.. Im ordering pizza. i deserve it!! cept i skipped church tonight cuz of my frustration.. but i shouldnt have
(hugs) jennyb. I can relate. I feel like I finally got in a grove keeping the house clean then I started hs and I just can't keep up. The laundry is everywhere, the kitchen is a mess. My two older boys are jumping and running around. Everytime I get started with lesson and think my 6 month old is going to nap he doesn't he's screaming his head off. My husband is gone 12 hours a day and I just try to keep my cool. My son is asking for his ds which is broken and I don't have the money to fix it, yet he asks everyda about it. My two year old is always getting my attention mommy, mommy, what's this or cant do it. I have instituted a silent time for everyone in the house. The children don't have to nap but they must be in their rooms. It helps also hubby works longer periods during the day so on Friday I can have some time to myself. He comes home at 2 on Friday. Hang in there. Another thing I do when I have just had enough. When my kids are making me crazy. I just tell them that mommy is not here.
I think we have all BTDT got the tshirt. LOL I know I sure have, more than I care to admit LOL You know what I have to tell myself.... It's okay not to be supermom. Really. It is. (I have to tell myself this a lot) You HAVE to prioritize. I have a list I go by that keeps my house 'clean enough' far from my high standards pre-kids LOL but livable. School happens when it happens. Today our formal school didn't happen until 7:00pm. But we were out running errands all day and we did find a frog and do a bit of research on frogs in GA before that. Formal school didn't happen at all yesterday-so we'll have school Friday (there is a reason I planned a 4 day week!!!! LOL) So go get you some chocolate (it really does help!) and got do something fun with the kids, blow bubbles, play with water guns, bake a cake, make mud pies. Enjoy them.
(((((((HUGS)))))))))))))) once the kids go to bed, get a book, run the bath water and sit for a half hour or so.. enjoy...
Always there, always doing that! LOL Really though it gets like this for EVERYONE! Just do what you need to relax and recharge. Don't worry if you need to put school off one day, or even just until later that evening. I have "fun" days where we do nothing but play board games, build forts, walk outside and find bugs, that sort of thing, just for when I'm feeling overwhelmed. It still is educational, but without the formality of the textbooks and such. We all come away feeling much better. And, I always take advantage of putting them to bed by 8:30-9 so I have a while to wind down before bed. We don't get up early for any reason, as we don't start school until 10 or so in the mornings, but I NEED that time in the evenings, so they go to bed.
Jackie always says, take 1 hour a day, in your room, kids in theirs and no one talks to mom. It's mom time or you will go crazy. Well, she didn't say it quit like that, but you get my point. You need your time. Do you have someone that will take the kids for a while, so you can have some free time? Is there another person you can trade off with? You have their kids for a day, they have your kids for a day? Don't stress on school time, it will come. GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK!!! YOU'RE BEING TOO HARD ON YOURSELF! The house cleaning will still be there when you are ready to clean it. Little bit at a time. Don't think you need to do it all at once. Have the kids do little things. If they are old enough to school, they are old enough to help with house work. Call it home economics
LOVE IT! I am adding home ec to my schedule for sure! Hang in there! MOST of my days sound like yours. I think it just comes with having young kids. What helps me is "Rest time" for the kids one hour a day, a desperate prayer, and (if I'm really feeling like a monster) exercise....don't hate me for saying that...it really helps to get the "feel good" endorphin rush. Oh, and did I mention obscene amounts of chocolate? This stage will pass (at least that's what they tell me) :wink:
Yep-we have "life skills" on our list of classes (includes things like home ec-without being so specific, my 6 year old is into survival skills, so I count him watch man vs wild too! LOL and cub scouts ) Even if unschooling isn't your thing, it's okay to have an unschooling day if mom is overwhelmed. All moms have these days, though I think homeschooling moms are prone to have more LOL It doesn't make you a bad mom, it just makes you normal. (((((hugs))))) Hope you're having a better day today
This thread made me smile. I know it's not nice to get a kick out of anothers pain. But it made me smile for one because I can soooo relate. And two the poster who said they actually hid in the kitchen bar scarfing chocolate! That is an image I will hold dear for a long time totally funny. And yes we all have these days. 'Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.'-Niel Diamond. -northernmomma
I agree northernmomma the image that sticks in my mind is the mother pouring milk on her son's head because he kept asking for milk. You know today I will make some chocolate chip cookies and I will eat some.
Thanks Jen, I know that I am not alone. I was wondering where Jackie was. I can't tell you how many times I posted this same AHHH post and she told me to take some mom time each day, so I would be a better mom. I finally took her advice ( against the wishes of the kids) and we all go to bed for 30 minutes each day. I read or play on the computer. The kids stay in their beds reading or playing quietly. I am a better mom when I do that. I can get my head screwed back on and headed in the right direction
see i need to use that 30 minutes of alone time to revamp... but i dont. instead i use it to continue being in a bad mood. lol so it's not at all of any help to me. I guess the next bad day I have, I'll have to find a few minutes to myself and really make those minutes worth something.. =)
