Diary of a Whiny Mom!

So in honer of the new 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' book (my boys love) I'm going to do my version "Diary of a Whiny (Complaining) Mom!"

Lol ;~)

It saves my hubby from having to listen to it all again and again if I put it on here instead of pestering him.

And what does a mom of 3 and wife that seems to have it all together have to complain about!!!!....

Well let me just tell you: I AM TIRED, DRAINED, PPOPED, WIPED OUT!!!!

So tired that it hurts to breath as you get up!

So tired that your body aches to lie down!

So tired my brain is like mush, I can't think any more!

So tired that my driving is starting to scare me!

So tired when I have a few moments to lay down my eyes start to water!

I don't know what to do about it!

I get up at 6:30, which is the latest I can get my oldest up (he has to be at school before 7:30) so we rush through our morning. I have traded getting dressed for making all the kids lunches at once and take Jesse to school in my pj's, since I don't get out of the car it works. We are out of the door most day by 7:15 and since it is right up the street he get through the door by 7:22 giving him lots of time before he has to be in his first class and seated at 7:30! And I am back home w/ 30-40 minutes to get dressed drink a cup of coffee before I have to wake up the other 2!!!

I am tired when I wake up and I have a little bit of energy in the morning to clean something like vacuum or clean a bathroom or 2 but after that and picking up my daughter from preschool (on her school days) by lunch I'm starting to getting tired again. By the time I am picking up child #3 I am really dragging my feet!!!! I don't know what to do I am suppose to help the children do their homework then do dinner but all I can think about is "is it bed time yet?". And yet when I finish up getting the kids to be, the dishes put in the dish washer the dog in her bed, getting ready for bed myself..... well I've been trying for a 10:30 bed time but it is usally more around 11 when I crawl into bed and I don't fall asleep till 12:30 or so!

So what to do about it? Well my mother just tells me to take some Advil or Tylenol PM at night, that will help me to fall asleep faster! But worry about the 3 or 5 am bathroom (or wet) get up I do w/ Lila most nights!!! I need to be able to help her in the middle of the night! So can't wait till her little bladder can make it all night every night!!!!!!

Do I go to the doctor, I have done this in the past when I was pregnant or breast feeding and they said I might want to go on some mild anxiety or depression meds after I was down breast feeding. So I guess I should go back since I never did and it's been... well the baby is now 3 so... a couple of years!!!!!!!

I do know that cutting out caffein would help and I've tried really hard to do that and some week I do better then others but I really don't drink that much'ish! A cup of coffee in the morning to keep me regular, but I should mention that the cup I use are kinda big so more like 2 cups! Then I have a cherry coke for dinner! See not as much as some people not to name names JUSTIN!!! My hubby, lol, drinks a coke w/ everything and that is about all he drinks! and he sleeps just fine, well sort'of but that another story!!!!

My be if I get new vitamins, mine have expired, see how well I take them! and take some St. John's Wort.... get that vitamin D from the sun.... make sure that I get lots of iron.... eat well (eat a fruit instead of potato chips!).... exercise better.... had a positive out look....

I wont need to go to the doctor!

I really don't think I'm depressed, unhappy some times (or a lot), but mainly I'm just tired!!!! Anxious, Yes, I do have that problem and I know it!!!! And I always have a lot on my mind! But I do have a social life now, out side of my children, which is making me very happy! Great positive people are great to be around!!!! Now I am working on getting our home more organized and I think that will make a big difference! Plus I have recently reconnected w/ old family members and it is great to share stories with them and getting to know the new them is awesome!!

I keep telling myself it WILL GET BETTER!!!! And I know it will... just have to finish up these last preschool years, by the time she is in kindergarden she will be able to do so much by herself! and Cole will be a 5th grader! and Jesse will be starting high school!!!! (there will be no more kids for us!!!!! I AM DONE!!!!) And I will finally have time to really work on ME!!!!

~Smile~Love~Enjoy~Happiness~

~RA~