I just need a place to whine for a minute...

[Evan&Anna's_Mom]

ARGH!!! Ever feel like everything is coming apart at once? OK, to be fair, just both kids are having issues at once -- job, marriage, DH's job, all of those things are stable. But having one child who is depressed (newly diagnosed, wants to die, real thing depressed) and one who's teacher says has serious attention issues (evaluation appointment scheduled, not yet completed) is getting stressful. Yesterday I went to school to pick them up and spent nearly 2 hours taking with both sets of teachers (in sequence) about issues. I have so many mental health appoints in the next month I'm using vacation hours like candy. And none of them are for me! Not so happy with the way 2010 is starting out.

OK, I know I should be grateful. We have jobs. We have great kids. We have insurance that is paying for most of this. We have a good school and teachers everyone loves and respects. But I'm still feeling overwhelmed right now.

OK, whine over, back to work. Thank you.

[~Charlie's~Angel~]

Originally Posted by Evan&Anna's_Mom

OK, I know I should be grateful. We have jobs. We have great kids. We have insurance that is paying for most of this. We have a good school and teachers everyone loves and respects. But I'm still feeling overwhelmed right now.

I try to remind myself of this ALL.THE.TIME. To be grateful my kids are healthy and happy, and I can keep a nice warm roof over their heads right now.

But in the meantime, whine away. I used up all my vacation time with about 2 months to spare last year because of sick kids. I was afraid I wouldnt make it to the end of the year without an unexscused absence.

to you. Hope it all works out and 2010 is a great year for you.

[lindberg99]

Originally Posted by Evan&Anna's_Mom

OK, I know I should be grateful. We have jobs. We have great kids. We have insurance that is paying for most of this. We have a good school and teachers everyone loves and respects. But I'm still feeling overwhelmed right now.

Don't add to your overwhelmed feeling by making yourself feel guilty for feeling overwhelmed! I don't think there's some standard of awfulness or whatever before you can "allow" yourself to start to feel upset by things. There are always going to be people who are better off and worse off than you. It sounds like you are dealing with a lot of stuff right now and it is perfectly fine for you to feel overwhelmed!

I hope 2010 calms down for you.