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February 2011 Moms
Anyone else feel like they're barely holding it all together...
Everyday, I feel like I'm scrambling to get everything done.
We had Audrey's baptism yesterday, which was in my DH's home town a few hours away. Before we left I dropped off a few pieces of furniture to a coworker who lives 45 minutes away. So that required me to get up at 7 am on Saturday, clean and load the furniture into our SUV, drive there, unload, drive back. The rest of the weekend was more craziness, getting packed up for a night away and driving there and doing the baptism and the party afterward, then traveling back and getting ready for work/daycare today. I feel like we didn't even have a weekend.
My job is really stressful and I have several huge projects that just got dumped on me. One of these projects is worth an estimated $1B to my company. ONE BILLION. And they put me in charge of it? WTH? I'm still pumping at least twice a day at work, usually while I cram food into my mouth. My commute is at least 45 minutes each way, and by the time I get home, play with Auds, put her to bed, wash bottles and pump parts, prep for the next day, all I have time to do is fall into bed and do it all again the next day.
I feel so bad, I still have one package for my SS that I haven't had a chance to send out, and I barely had a chance to get on here and thank my wonderful SS for everything she's sent.
My neighbor asked me to go out to dinner tonight for her birthday, and I haven't responded. I'm just so exhausted, I can't imagine cramming a social activity into a random Monday night.
I can't be the only one who feels like things are hanging together by a thread...anyone care to commiserate? It feels good to get it out. 
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Re: Anyone else feel like they're barely holding it all together...
I get it. I drive about 45 minutes to work every day. DH does drop off and I do pick up. I get up at 5:30, shower, make lunches and pack up bottles. I leave home at about 6:30 so I can get to work early and leave around 3:30. Then I pick up DD, go home, wash bottles, wash diapers (every other day), feed DD, make dinner, play for 30ish minutes, bath, feed, and bed for baby. Then I make formula, prep bottles, stuff diapers (on laundry days), prep everything for day care. If I'm lucky I'll have a little time to watch some TV and relax before I go to bed.
Saurdays I get up around 6:00 so I can get to the grocery store early. Then it feels like we spend the whole weekend running around, doing stuff around the house, and doing our laundry.
It definitely feels like a lot, but I'll admit, I do have a lot of fun feeding LO these days since she's eating solids, she loves the bath so that's not much of a chore, and since she's become more interactive play time is a lot more fun for me, too. Plus, DH is there and helps out a lot so I can get a break when I've had enough.
Oh gosh, do I ever. I hate it. Know what you mean about the social activity. Friday night I had a few gal pals over and I fell asleep while we were talking. I'm so lame & they probably won't hang out with me anymore.
I'm more the voice of reason in my marriage therefore, every weekend is a struggle to convince DH that I don't want a thousand plans to tend to. I feel like such a bore. We have a lot of friends (I inherited through marriage- DH is annoyingly (at times) social) just about all of them have kids now so there's always something going on, always someone we could be visiting, etc. Which is great- that's what weekends should be about, but I can't get out of my head that I have a ton of laundry and cleaning to do not to mention fun house stuff (like decorating and hanging wedding & newborn pictures...we'll get there someday). I try to do it during the week, but it's never enough. I don't want my weekends to revolve around housekeeping and such, but come Sunday I get stressed and irritable beyond belief if it's not done. The cycle repeats itself weekly- so much fun. DH is a super trooper- he does so much. I couldn't imagine doing it all by myself...I definitely feel lucky in that respect. We talked about getting a housekeeper but we're not sure what to do. It's an expense and I'm not sure if I'm willing to succumb to it just yet.
OH and I've learned to hate Sundays. I used to not mind them b/c I do (did), in fact, like my job. I've convinced myself otherwise now. I dread coming to work. I hate that I lose three hours everyday to get here (two to commute, one getting ready). I've been sleeping in more and getting to the office later and later which forces me to either work through my lunch or work a few hours at home that evening. I should post a pic of my desk- I still have boxes lying around from when I was on mat leave. Needless to say, I need to get it together.
One more thing- I'm having DC regression. I did so well in the beginning and now I'm missing DS more and more with each passing week. It completely sucks. I thought it was supposed to get easier.
Sorry- mine really turned into a major vent. Just know that you're not alone.
BTW- congrats to Auds on her big day yesterday
BTW (two time)- don't feel badly about SS. I sent something and included all of the pricing/card information. Such an eeeediot. Where's my head?
Yep. I'm in school FT which involves me being gone M - Th from 9:30 until 8:30. The classes are HARD and I am averaging C's and D's despite studying all the damn time. When I'm at home, I barely get to spend time with my kid because I'm busy doing laundry, making baby food, running errands, etc. H helps but he works a lot. Weekends are spent "catching up" and running around, so I barely have time to study let alone have any fun. I'm barely sleeping at night even though my kid is (he's a very restless sleeper, just posted about it over on 6-9).
Argh. My sister tells me 6 months is the last "hard" stage and that things will get easier from now on. I feel like I've been hearing that for the last 6 months...
It's the worst, isn't it? It's times like these that I cannot imagine having more than one. I watch videos/look at pictures on my phone of F while I pump and that helps. Not to add salt to the wound or anything, but a vacation didn't help me, just made it that much harder to come back to work. I'm such a pleasantry this morning, yah? Sorry!! I'm sure it's just a phase we're going through- our LOs are doing so many new and exciting things each day- we don't wanna miss a thing- it's only natural!