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JillRock96
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Pity Party for One!
JillRock96
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Feel free to join the pity party if you need to!
I'm just having one of those days where I feel like I'm juggling too many balls and I'm failing at everything. Yes, I am busy, but so is everyone, right? I choose to be busy, so I feel like I should suck it up and deal with it. But every so often it really hits that I just can't do everything well.
Fail #1: CeCe woke up a clingy mess with a low-grade fever. Teething, no doubt. I couldn't devote much time to her this morning as I had to get myself ready for work, Ava ready for school, make lunches, and get dinner in the crock-pot. The nanny had to peel her off of me so that I could RUN out the door to get Ava to school on time. I know she was fine as soon as I left, and the nanny called to update me that the motrin kicked in and helped a ton, but it is still awful to not be able to soothe your own kid when she is hurting.
Fail #2: My new school has a completely different paperwork/online IEP system than I am used to. It is not a user-friendly system, and I basically have to figure it out as I go along. I had a big meeting today (with my boss), and while I think I rocked it in terms of explaining assessment results to parents, I didn't have the paperwork that we needed because I had no idea it was my role to prepare it. Had to leave in the middle of the meeting to prepare the paperwork, looking like a huge a$$.
Fail #3: I RAN out of the meeting (which ran long because everyone got off topic) to pick up Ava from preschool. I got there 4 minutes late and was still the last parent to get there. Especially since I am pretty sure I am the only (or one of the only) mom to work outside of the home, I HATE being the one who picks up her kid last. 
Fail #4: Apparently our power went out three times today because it is so windy. The crockpot with my chicken and wild rice soup turned off. I need to toss it, since half-cooked chicken was sitting around for awhile.
Tomorrow will be better. Tomorrow will be better. Thanks for letting me vent.
EDIT: I can't believe I forgot what set this all in motion this morning! We have to have our home in RI winterized (basically, replace the water in the pipes with anti-freeze so the pipes don't burst while it is sitting there empty). The estimate was $79.99. Yeah, total cost this morning was $450. Not freaking cool.
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Re: Pity Party for One!
((HUGS))
today just sucks cutie and tomorrow will be better.
Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, It empties today of its strength. ~Corrie ten Boom
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow. ~Mary Anne Radmacher (thank you beadinglady)
It's been a long journey. TTC since 9/06. multiple IUI's and IVF's and 4 m/c's. IVF#3 = BFP, twins, induced at 34w6d due to baby b passing away (no explanation). Delivered on 35w1d, Baby A - baby girl, and Baby B - baby boy, our little angel.
MTHFR A1298C & C677T, Immune Issues and Factor II
if that's a pity party you can whine away ANY day, lol. You're superwoman in my eyes, I wouldn't do that well with ONE kid, lol.
Hang in there... um, keep swimming ;-)
I want to join too!! I'm losing my mind at work and sooo need a break. I work for a company who sells packaging and labels mostly for the gourmet food and confectionery industries. Christmas is our busiest season and we are swamped. Sales are up a ton this year (good problem) but we are super short-staffed. I manage customer service and inside sales and the last 2 weeks I've had an employee out on jury duty leaving only 3 of us to handle all incoming calls and orders. One of my other people called in sick today so there is just 2 of us.
I'm stressed out and ready for Christmas break. It could be so much worse,so I keep trying to put that into perspective.
Oh crap.... that sounds like an AWFUL day. just awful. I am so sorry!!!
(((HUGS))) and passing you a big glass of wine for tonight...
Because we're fancy like that.
So sorry you are having one of those days! I have been there! Some days it just seems like everything is too much to bear.
Tomorrow will be better : )
So sorry Hon.
That sounds like the perfect storm of a day. I HATE HATE HATE being the last Mom to pick up but sometimes with work it happens. I try to make it up to them by picking them up extra early another day. Yup... working Mom guilt at its finest.
I totally feel you.
Last night as I sat with 2 computers open pulling up a recipe, answering an e-mail about the kids' Christmas lists, shopping for window coverings for windows that have been bare for 3 weeks now, paying the bills, transferring funds, doing my daily report for work and working on my inventory for work DH walked up, noticed the Netflix envelope that I hadn't mailed yet and said:
"You haven't mailed this yet? How hard can it be to remember to mail the movie back?"
God help him.
I'd have gone Bobbitt on him if I didn't have such an affinity for his boy parts.
Needless to say he is now 100% responsible for managing the movie que (complicated because we put movies for the 16 yr old on for the weekends he'll be with us and that's constantly changing) and returning all the movies.
And... he knows darned good and well that it's S-T-U-P-I-D to ask me how hard it is to "remember" to do pretty much anything pretty much ever again.
Juggling too many balls and failing at all of it feels like my norm more often than not lately.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
(((hugs))) i hear ya honey. being a working mama is just exhausting sometimes.
chin up--tomorrow will be an easier day!
Thanks, ladies. Feels so petty to even vent about it, since so many here are dealing with much bigger issues. A little pizza, some wine, distance from work drama, and DH home to co-parent, and I'm good as new.
Best quote of the WEEK. I love you, Shell!