I can’t cope

Hey @Captain24 🙂

@Captain24 a snippet is sometimes all you need! I am sending to you you a big pile of focusy energy and some fortitude too, hopefully you feel it 😊

I just wanted also to bid you farewell for now! I'm off for some annual leave until early Jan, and wanted to wish you a merry xmas and happy new year. You've had it real tough this year, but also demonstrated soooo much perserverance, wisdom, and genuine strength. You're doing so amazingly, and I hope you can be proud of yourself for holding on tight to that sliver of hope that things can get better.

All the best with your hosting, hope it doesn't drain your energy too much! Catch you in 2024 lovely 💜🤗

Hey @tyme

Any plans the next few days? @Captain24

Not really @tyme.

I just have to go have blood tests, do all the food shopping for Christmas, clean the house from top to bottom, put the Christmas tree up, make the pasta salad and cook the silverside. Just have that done by Sunday night. Then, go to mass, cooked a baked lunch with all the trimmings, prep all the salad stuff and cold meat for dinner.

Needless to say… I’m feeling very overwhelmed, exhausted and drained. I haven’t even started.

I need to pull myself out of this and fast.. no energy and no motivation isn’t going to help!

How have you been?

I've been busy trying to clean, but the kids keep trashing my house @Captain24 . The more I tidy, the worse it gets!

I don't think I've really accepted that we are at the end of 2023 and heading to 2024. It seems so surreal.

I don't have anything planned or anything.

Arghh kids! Lol @tyme. You should have just had your own! 😜. At least you can give them back eventually though.

How’s the in-laws going?

I’ll be glad to see the back of this year! It hasn’t been an overly good one.

It has gone quick though.

One in-law does my head in so I stay away @Captain24 . Another is leaving in a few days and I sorta feel bad because we haven't done anything special with her and she's probably not coming back again due to her circumstances.

Oh well.

As for this year, I feel it's gone quick too. It feels like not long ago, I was saying we still had 6 months ahead.... now, I don't even know how to face the end of year! I know I have to tidy up that's for sure! I might do it tomorrow. I'll just envisage you cleaning and hopefully that will prompt me. Then I'll update you in the evening lol.

It’s sad one has to leave @tyme. Just a shame it’s not the annoying one!

I’ve written myself a list of everything I have to do and have spread it out over the three days.

We can compare notes tomorrow night.

Im going to bed. My neck is really sore and things have gotten a bit messy.

I hope you have a good night and manage to get some stuff done tomorrow

I'm going to bed now too @Captain24

Compare notes tomorrow... I hope I don't look like a failure lol

Goodnight!