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post #1 of 9
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i'm here sobbing my eyes out............my mother won't take megh to the nature museum cuz as she says she 'doesn't know any of THOSE people...' (its a meetup w/ our local AP group) well neither do i yet, but for petes sake they are AP mamas!!! it isn't ABOUT my mother. selfish bleepity bleep. oh but she will guilt trip ME if i say i just can't do this...i'll get the 'poor meghan...you promised her...' trip.

i'm having a hard time emotionally and physically i'm just wiped out and crabby as hell for some reason. megh needs more from me...and i am really at a low point here. i feel so empty. i hung up on my mother cuz all she seems to care about is herself today and her wanting to shower. megh is antsy and i have no patience. i really think i'm going to have to enroll her in a preschool program cuz i can't do this on my own. i am so freaking out here... then my mom tells me that that bleepity bleep ram rod of a guy (reminds me of tom...when tom was ready for something, he expected me to jump as high as he said...) who is the former vacation rental prop manager of this place i rent now. now i am renting from teh actual owner of the condo, not these jerk offs. well i have received an email back from him after i said do NOT just come over or call, i may be resting or laboring...blah blah and i said it very nicely and all......asking for respect basically......i asked for a list of what he needs to get out of here (i don't know if its stuff on the walls or sheets or what...) but to me it seems like not a big deal and he's making it out to be. i'm trying to rest and keep my sanity these last few days of pg and he keeps ram rodding. so there is still no list sent and all he wrote back was '3pm thursday will be fine. you would not know what is ours and what is freds' (meaning their stuff). how passive aggressive is THAT! i was so pissed i wrote back saying 'that time/day won't work for me. a list would be more convenient'. jerk. its like he wants total control and he could care less how i feel or when is convenient for me or what. i want to let loose on this pompous a*s. like don't you DARE ram rod me dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my mom is now on ME like please don't do this to me lisbeth susanne.....(she doesn't want to get on crappy terms w/ this jerk as he owns a lot of the condos here and she sees him in the board meetings, etc.) i'm like HELLO! i feel like CRAP and i don't want these people to come in here!!!!!!! he is being way too pushy and doesn't care about my needs... plus she won't take megh as she said she was going to shower (how friggin' long is THAT process?! she is so vain) and said she was standing there naked. so what. how DARE that prop management guy tell ME what time works for him w/out giving me a choice. god i hate men like this. i'm on a roll....i'm ready to pop. i feel like an awful mother and my mom won't even bring megh to the museum for me and help me out.

she obviously doesn't understand how i'm feeling...........very alone and scared and overwhelmed not to mention sick w/ strep on a new antibiotic, feeling like a sh*tty mother to meghan, and soon to birth my son. that's a lot on my heart/shoulders. i want to scream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! this is just too much. i'm so angry.
post #2 of 9
Not in your ddc, but you obviously need a . Long deep breaths mama, I hope things get better.
post #3 of 9
Oh, Lisbeth. I'm sorry. I know how hard it is to try and keep your oldest happy, needs being met, etc. when you are low on reserves. I'm sorry that your mom isn't more understanding. I think that it's been great to have a port in a storm in Bend, but it must be very hard for you to ONLY have your mom as a support network. Have you met any of the mamas in the AP group? I know you know this, but you really need some other support in the community. Relying on your mom totally sounds so difficult for a number of reasons.

Can your mom take Megh out on an outing someplace that she does feel comfortable?

Does the landlord guy understand that there is a real possibility that you will be out having a baby next Thursday???

No additional ideas. Hang in there, Lis.
post #4 of 9
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you are right-i DO need more support around us...problem is, i'm missing so many meetups due to feeling cruddy. i just don't feel like chatting or listening and i feel so ick. so getting to know many is hard right now... god i love my daughter and this is just killin' me.

my mom seems to want to do her own thing and play guilt trip games w/ me today re. her reputation w/ this jerk off property management/realtor guy. what a pig. he meant yesterday thursday...he does not seem to care about how i feel or what i need. he's more concerned about retrieving their 'things' but he still won't tell us WHAT these things may be. jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how abusive, i say.

i will take megh to our un/homeschoolers meetup later on at 1pm and let her play there w/ the kids and make felt project. god i feel so ill... my mom is a lot like tom/the prop management guy...VERY passive aggressive and i think, abusive and insensitive at times. i walk on eggshells never knowing if she will be in a fun nice loving supportive mood or a selfish guilt tripping ram rod of a mood. anyway.....................i'm going to go lay down and play go fish w/ megh in bed. sometimes i wish i never got pg again. this is so unfair to megh.
post #5 of 9
Honey, Megh will survive. This is not the worst thing to ever happen to a child, even though it makes you feel terrible. She is old enough to understand at least a little when you tell her how sorry you are that she isn't getting a lot of fun time with mama. Things Dylan and I are doing together are watching videos (usually a very special treat) and reading (he holds the book and turns the pages if my hands are full with Conrad). And just snuggling and talking about things.

As an oldest child, I can promise you that Megh will survive the chaos. You will survive, too. And your baby will come and you'll work all these other details out. I promise that it will all get better in time. Just work on getting through the next hour, then the next hour after that.

And consider giving a cry for help to the ladies in the AP group. Someone might be willing to come over for a short visit with another child Megh's age. That would give Megh a little time to play, and give you another Mama to talk to. If I were in Bend and had a plea like yours, I'd be over in a heartbeat. Give it a try. You might be pleasantly surprised.

post #6 of 9
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thank you...that is really sweet of you.

i just took a shower after laying in bed w/ megh watching noggin, going in and out of sleep 'til she started getting wiggly again...i am still not rested. i am still crabby and on edge.

i decided not to go to our unschoolers/homeschoolers group today as i do NOT feel like chatting or listening to anyone (sounds awful, i know...but my ears ache and my throat aches and i'm just so beat...no patience for it right now...) so i told megh ok, lets go to the childrens museum and she can play there while i veg on a bench or something... so i'm allllll ready to go and call my mom to ask if i need our membership card and she tells me she is out w/ her car...great. now we have to wait. i thought my mother had things to do at home today like clean up her house...its like she doesn't know how to interact, she'd rather spend money that she doesn't have to spend. she's at walmart again. i feel very abandoned by her today and i'm pissed about it. i'm worried i'll lose steam if she doesn't hurry back w/ the car.

i feel so sick. don't know if its this strep throat stuff or the augmentin or pregnancy or all of the above... all i know is i'm beat and on my last limb. megh seems to be bearing thru this... i still feel bad that i haven't had a lot of energy to spare to get to know the local AP group or unschoolers group much since we moved back here...so she has no regular friendships going on yet. and neither do i. when will this end? what's next, post partum depression??? i already suffer from depression as it is, so i wouldn't doubt it. ugh. i feel so completely overwhelmed. i just don't feel this is fair of my mom. maybe i'll have her buy us lunch instead and go to the local pizza/play center where megh can play and i can eat and relax. they went there yesterday but maybe my mom would be up for that... its a fun place for megh there too. if i don't fall asleep by the time my mother gets back. now i'm sobbing again and feel like i'm gonna puke. megh is putting blue moon sand on a spoon in her hair. suppose it isn't the end of the world... i was laying in bed earlier thinking god i just need to be loved, to be touched........i need affection. and i have no man that loves or adores me. i feel unloveable. sometimes i miss having our 'family' back in MN w/ tom...not that he gave me any of those good feelings much. he wasn't very affectionate. god i wish i had a man right now to make sweet love to me, tell me all is safe and well and that it isn't all on my shoulders and to be around to kiss me so sweetly...passionately...whatever i needed...i feel like i need that right now and its not in my life. i feel very alone. i am very alone.

i know this sounds like wahhhh wahhhh wahhhh to most of you but i just feel so alone and so sick and so tired. i don't know what i'm going to do for money eventually and this just sucks right now.: and here i am about to have another child any moment and i have no energy for it. not in the mood to hurt or have that discomfort. man i'm in quite a funky space......ick i hope i pull out of this soon...
post #7 of 9
Deep breath, deep breath. This is not a forever thing. Do try to make a connection with someone else. We were at the lactation consultants the other day and just struck up a random conversation with a doula who was there and it helped just to have human contact for 20 minutes, and to step out of the momentary drama (stitches hurt, milk not in, will he have gained weight or lost weight, can we stop supplementing soon?) and talk to someone.

As far as needing a man to care for you... honey, I really believe that your quality of life and general state of happiness is not transformed completely by a relationship with a man. We would all like a Prince Charming to come rescue us at some point... even those of us with a partner. You are lonely, but don't mistake that for needing a man. You just need a little human contact in your life.

Even if you feel sick and crappy, getting out of the house would probably do you some good -- help get your head out of your head, KWIM? Can you load Megh in the stroller and take a short walk? Is there any kind of public transit in Bend, or a park or coffee shop nearby? Or library?

Hang in there.
post #8 of 9
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we went to a local pizza/play place and megh had a blast. i was so happy just watching her pretty much the whole time. i ate 2 full plates of salad from the salad bar. i really was content just being alone...i think sometimes we just need to honor that we just want alone-ness... i beat myself up a lot thinking what is wrong w/ me, why am i such a hermit but really and truly, i just want to be alone...as 'lonely' as that might make me feel sometimes...

as for feeling i 'need a man'...no noooooo noooo not in a financial way.....i meant just having someone truly love me, just thinking about that possibility makes me feel so sad...that i haven't found that yet and here i am 37. don't get me wrong...i am not on the prowl nor do i want to be dating or whatever...hell no. just would be nice during pregnancy/motherhood to be w/ a man who loves me...but that is not my reality. i've got to love on myself.

i'm going to go lay down again...i'm so glad megh had a great time and i had good alone time w/ myself eating salad...yum. megh is making me smile so big this afternoon. she kept growling and chasing this one boy about 7 yo and he was really tickled by her cuz most girls aren't so aggressive...megh likes to play rough sometimes...she is a lot of fun. he said 'she keeps yelling at me and chasing me...' but i could tell he got a kick out of her. cute. love my girl. this one little girl megh led around the play area by holding her hand, and this girl followed megh like a puppy dog and they played so nicely together...actually she was that boys sister...very sweet. the more i think about it, the more i think w/ how social and what a leader megh is, she'd probably love going to one of the charter schools here. there is one that is a mixed age situation w/ no grading and is child led. how cool is that. that is like what i want for her in homeschooling, only on a daily basis and where i don't have to always be there. there is also lots of community/parental involvement at this one school. hopefully i can get her in there...

anyway i suppose i'm feeling better...still melancholy and tired. sheamas seems to be real low now and i just feel about ready to birth. lol megh just said 'can we go into the hot tub' and then says 'whats a poor kid like me supposed to do'. cute! she is all wound up, wanting to do do do and i'm beat again. maybe we will go in the hot tub....i always seem to feel better after that..........................sigh.
post #9 of 9
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oops double post... sorry 'bout that.

had great time in hot tub.....felt so nice w/ the rain falling on me... but then megh jumped into my arms and the chlorinated water shot fast up my nostrils and now i think i have swimmers ear and my ears hurt worse than before. ugh. i can't win today. today has really sucked emotionally....... ugh. i'm going to sleep early tonight. we are eating corn dogs in bed watching sponge bob. :
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