Post by elle on Dec 23, 2019 21:30:21 GMT -6
So since today is Festivus and I have some grievances, I'm sharing with you all here.
I did post this in the GD drinking thread but you guys are my people and will properly slap some sense into me because I really do have it so good.
So as you all now, my H technically took the entire month of December off, with the intention that we could acclimate to becoming a family of four and enjoy the holiday season without a ton of pressure. But of course, things never go the way you plan, right?
The project that was supposed to wrap up prior to Thanksgiving did not - because the point person on the other end took 2 weeks off without bothering to let my H know. So he was having to work the first few weeks in December.
We also sold our house and went into escrow on the 2nd, which is fantastic obviously, but there were some things we had to track down through the HOA and it turned into a bigger deal than it needed to because no one ever bothered getting back to us in a timely matter.
I was also sick for the first week and a half of December with a head cold with congestion, and then last week I came down with (viral) bronchitis. So I've been dealing with being feverish on and off, a horrible phlegmy cough and lack of energy, all while dealing with the sleeplessness that comes with having a newborn.
I haven't had a chance to wrap any gifts yet, the only gifts under the tree are from extended family. And basically all the things I wanted to do for fun for the holidays never happened. We're cramming in pics with Santa tomorrow afternoon and I'm crossing my fingers that I have the energy but my oldest is so cute with Santa it's the one thing that must happen or I'll have the forever regrets for missing those memories.
I'm just tired. Tired of being tired and having no energy, tired of having an on edge and grouchy husband, and tired of getting absolutely nothing done. I never expected things to be perfect, they never are, but I didn't expect all this.
So instead I'm trying really hard to be grateful for what I do have, because those are the important things. My little family of four is all together. And while baby #2 arrived 3 weeks early, she's perfect and completely healthy and never seemed to catch any of the crud that has laid me so low.
I did post this in the GD drinking thread but you guys are my people and will properly slap some sense into me because I really do have it so good.
So as you all now, my H technically took the entire month of December off, with the intention that we could acclimate to becoming a family of four and enjoy the holiday season without a ton of pressure. But of course, things never go the way you plan, right?
The project that was supposed to wrap up prior to Thanksgiving did not - because the point person on the other end took 2 weeks off without bothering to let my H know. So he was having to work the first few weeks in December.
We also sold our house and went into escrow on the 2nd, which is fantastic obviously, but there were some things we had to track down through the HOA and it turned into a bigger deal than it needed to because no one ever bothered getting back to us in a timely matter.
I was also sick for the first week and a half of December with a head cold with congestion, and then last week I came down with (viral) bronchitis. So I've been dealing with being feverish on and off, a horrible phlegmy cough and lack of energy, all while dealing with the sleeplessness that comes with having a newborn.
I haven't had a chance to wrap any gifts yet, the only gifts under the tree are from extended family. And basically all the things I wanted to do for fun for the holidays never happened. We're cramming in pics with Santa tomorrow afternoon and I'm crossing my fingers that I have the energy but my oldest is so cute with Santa it's the one thing that must happen or I'll have the forever regrets for missing those memories.
I'm just tired. Tired of being tired and having no energy, tired of having an on edge and grouchy husband, and tired of getting absolutely nothing done. I never expected things to be perfect, they never are, but I didn't expect all this.
So instead I'm trying really hard to be grateful for what I do have, because those are the important things. My little family of four is all together. And while baby #2 arrived 3 weeks early, she's perfect and completely healthy and never seemed to catch any of the crud that has laid me so low.