Ever have one of those days?
Well I feel like I keep having it over and over and over again. I am stressed. I am stressed to the point of being ill. I have a constant headache, my stomach feels like an acid vat, I have sharp pains in my abdomen and I am a mean mean person. I have been yelling at my kids on a regular basis. Sleep battles are occuring nightly and I am exhausted. I am getting 5-6 hours of sleep/night, I eat my dinner standing up at the sink while I do the dishes and instead of playing with my boys I try to distract them so I can do laundry or pick up the house or whatever. I feel like a wire pulled taut and I am afraid I will snap. I'm constantly worried about money and since I do all of the bills I can tell E we are broke, but he just doesn't get it. Every morning I wake up infuriated b/c E has left the lights on overnight, all I can think of is the energy bill. I lost it when he turned on the heat even though all of the storm windows were not in. I don't know how to get it acrossed to him that we are drowning in debt. And pissing me off more is the fact that we owna rental unit that we could turn around and sell. It obviously would end that mortgage, it would pay off my college loans, 1 credit card, our car and a small personal loan. I am fairly certain it would also give us a chunk of money to invest in our retirement. He won't consider it b/c his parents don't want us to sell and to him it would mean we failed. I understand why we keep it. Let me tell you, in 16 years we will be doing fine, but in the meantime I have to make decisions like forgoing diapers today until E's check goes in tomorrow and hoping the IL's don't notice the boy is wearing swimmies.
We make decent money, we shouldn't be in this situatiuon. I never wanted to become this person.
2 Comments:
I get it. I'm the same way with my husband. However, I'm the one spending our money. We have separate accounts (because Im such a spender) but we should really be chunking our money together and paying off some debt. I'm after him every day to fix the plumbing or hire someone because our toilet will constantly run (until you turn the water in the tub on... can't figure that one out) but our water bill will be NUTS! The same thing with the lights. They don't get it. At all. I hope it gets better for you soon. I've certainly had those weeks/months when we were pinching every penny. Hell. We just took out a loan so his truck can get fixed. LIke we needed that! (((hugs))) play with the boys and forget the dishes. It's more fun!
3:25 PM
Hey...
October is Depression Awareness month... are you aware?
Depression can come on suddenly, with no cause at all, or it can be caused by a stressful situation.
AD's can't fix your situation, but they can make you feel a whole lot better, and more hopeful.
I always know when it's time to go back on the AD's because I, too, start yelling at the kids and lose sleep.
(Sorry if I'm off base, I can't help but give medical advice. It's wired into my brain.)
In any case, this too shall pass.
(((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))
9:26 PM
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