I'm just a barrel of fun lately. whiney pointless vent

AngLK987 · October 2012

My God I'm a moody bish lately. I cannot stand my husband, dogs, and sometimes even my daughter. This full-time student, working part-time & trying to keep the house from caving in, the checkbook balances & the baby fed (and cared for when I'm working/at school) is wearing me out. I'm snappy with DH, and can barely tolerate the hour and a half I get with DD before bedtime after work. I am swamped with homework and projects that I am up WAY too late working on, just to get up early with DD, spend about an hour and a half with her in the mornings, when i'm getting myself, and her ready for the day, and getting her breakfast, then it's off running... I've really really let the house go the last couple weeks b/c I just do NOT have time to get it all done. I started off the semester rocking it and really doing well keeping ahead of my assignments and reading, but since I took on this new job, I am falling behind and just barely keeping up with assignments, let alone chapters that need to be read. Although we've been behind a lot in bills lately, i appreciate the job, we need it for sure.

DH helps out some, especially with caring for DD when I'm at school/work... but he is incapable of doing anything else when she's awake. He does help out some with dishes & laundry, but he works a lot, and a lot of crappy hours too. Short of hiring a maid and taking an afternoon to myself *which i have no time to do* I might just go crazy.

No real point to this except to vent... now to get back to homework (I even put DD to bed tonight at 6:15 so that I could get homework started) DH is in bed b/c he's working overnight tonight... so now I'm posting and running to stop distracting myself and get something done.

If you made it through this, have a glass of wine for me

LCass · October 2012

I'm sorry you're feeling so overwhelmed. I can't imagine trying to do everything you're doing! It's crazy impressive. Hope you get a little while to relax soon, even if it's just an extra-long shower/bath or something like that.

ashleypembroke · October 2012

Even though you stress level is crazy high, it sounds like you are doing an amazing job! Not that it will really make you feel that much better but try to remember that you are doing all this for the betterment of you and your family... I couldn't do what you are doing for sure!

nicki731 · October 2012

Sounds like an awful lot on your plate. I would be stressed too. Hang in there!

Scramblersmom · October 2012

I am so sorry you are overwhelmed with everything. I have really been struggling too and it sounds like our DH's are very similar. I handed DH his a$$ the other night and I also told him that anything I can not handle I will hire help to get it done whether we can afford it or not. I told him that is the consequence for him not taking care of stuff. I am at the point where I refuse to carry the whole burden for everything. Last weekend we hired my grad student's boyfriend to come help us get the yard work done that absolutely must be completed before the freezing temps set in (such as getting my ceramic planters emptied and stored before they burst). I not so gently reminded DH that I was not his mother, I am his wife, he has a kid, and he needs to be a man. This week has been a bit better but it is still a struggle. It took him 4.5 hours to complete a handful of tasks. In the meantime, I had dried a load of laundry, vacuumed downstairs, cleaned off the kitchen table, emptied the dishwasher and washed any dishes in the sink all in about 1 hour. I just don't know what the hell is wrong with our guys! Ugh!