Diva,
Thank you for being impressed, upside of doing it all, ego boost, downside, exhaustion.
Being our mechanic/handyman/do-it-all person has been my job since the beginning of time, some of it I enjoy, most of it lately, I resent. I get so tired of no-one else doing, not necessarily because they don't want to, but that they don't know how to (duh, look at the book, that's what I do) or we can't afford to pay a professional to do it.
My work is pretty understanding, I would love to be able to ask for a month off (preferrably 6 months) to get my sh** together and rest but I can't afford the time off, I wouldn't get paid for it and I am the only one working in my house.
And then there are the other two ladies who work with me I know the one would understand, with a little resentment, but the other, well, I don't think she actually thinks about things before she speaks, it's like real life has never actually touched her and she knows it all, she has similar experiences and uses comparisons like my husband has been depressed for years, he has been on prozac, his has a chemical imbalance, his brother killed himself. Yours is situational and will blow over quickly. Or she says really stupid things (she does payroll and knows how much $ I make) like what year is your van? 99, oh well you should have bought something newer last October. AARGH it gets so frustrating.
I am at the point again, where I don't want to get out of bed and it is becoming increasingly difficult to just do that, ahh to lay in bed, play video games and read books all day. Or stay home and bake goodies for the kids. Or go out for lunch with my hubby. Or not worry about the next letter or Affidavit or phone call or what others may be thinking.
I may just talk to my Psychologist to see if maybe I can qualify for a temporary disability thing with EI or AISH or something, I don't have disability insurance through work. Just so darn tired.
Here I go running on again.