Post by lovethesun on Jan 11, 2013 12:38:38 GMT -5
I mostly just get to read these boards but I had to respond to this post!
This is totally how I am feeling. I wound up with the flu on new years eve so I have not felt that great since. I have not worked out in months, which really bums me out since I was doing so good before, running every day.
I hate the time change and driving home in the dark really sucks!
I feel like I need a vacation but I was just off for 2 weeks around the holidays. Work is kind of slow which makes me crazy because I have a million other things I could be doing at home instead of sitting here.
I feel like a robot at time, get up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, bath DS and put him to bed, veg on the couch and then get in bed and go to sleep. Do it all over the next day!
I need a date night with my DH to go to dinner and enjoy it and not sit by an 18 month old who eats fast and doenst want to sit in his chair until I am finished eating. All I have to say is going out to dinner with an 18 month old, sucks! I am sick of eating at places that are fast because that way we get our food fast so he does not flip out.
I am sleeping later and later in the mornings and after supper I dont move from the couch. I feel tired all the time, and little things irritate me to the point I want to scream.
Post by mommyneedswine on Jan 11, 2013 13:02:14 GMT -5
I just found out my boss is no longer my boss. I like the person who will now be my boss, but it's change and I'm nervous about the transition.
I also am going to school with the thought that I'd eventually take his place when he retired, which wouldn't have been for another couple years. With this change, that's doesn't appear to be in the plan now. It was a wide known thing and now I feel like I don't know what I've been working towards.
Post by fuckyourcouch on Jan 11, 2013 13:03:49 GMT -5
yes. i'm chronically exhausted and feel like shit (supposedly should be getting better from pcos meds though) and i'm depressed (not new). my job is sucking away my will to wake up in the mornings. i don't even have a kid, so i feel petty compared to some of you dealing with shit on top of taking care of little people too.
I'm having a lot of difficulty with work morale (hence, why I am here). There's a PITA coworker that will never leave and is incompetent, but we all have to tiptoe around her, my overworked boss who is a sweet person but cannot get PITA coworker in line, work that got added to my load when I returned from maternity leave 2yrs ago that still hasn't shifted off, and I'm on a search committee for a director's position that would help my boss' workload immensely, but we had a failed search last May and December, so I have to start all over again at the end of this month. Just tired of fixing everyone elses's issues and mistakes and feeling like I really don't 'own' anything I do because it's so interconnected with other things. Since money's super tight, I carry our insurance, and employment options in our area are next to nothing I'm pretty stuck. And of course this impacts my attitude at home and I feel terrible about it, and then feel too burned out to care. So yup, joining the burn out couch.
Now I feel bad for starting a depressing thread. Sorry guys. =(
I don't want to be a mommy martyr but I do admit sometimes it is VERY draining to fulfill obligations on top of caring for a baby. And it's been weeks since we've been out to dinner bc we don't have childcare and bringing an 11 month old to a restaurant these days is just more work than fun. I need a break.
Be kind to yourself! I didn't start feeling some level of sanity and get exercise in regularly until C was around 13-14mos. It's tough adjusting to being a mom along with your pre-baby obligations. TOUGH. Can anyone in the area give you a date night, either with DH or even by yourself for a few hours? Make arrangements with DH if he can take a few hours by himself for part of the weekend, then you'll give him a break? That makes a huge difference to me sometimes.
I'm so excited about my promotion, but definitely burned out. I was sick most of December, and getting sick again. I feel like my kid knows I'm not feeling 100% and takes it upon herself to be a gigantic shit and try to drive me up the wall. I'm so exhausted (regardless of how much/how little sleep I get) I drink far, far too much caffeine to stay awake during the day, and on the weekends I don't want to do anything at all other than keep my child fed, clothed, and alive. I feel like a terrible mom lately, and a little scared I won't do my new job well because I'm so tired.