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Josiegirl 10:12 AM 09-21-2013
Does anyone else find themselves recuperating the whole weekend from the previous week? Maybe I'm just tired today, went to sleep late, woke up normal time. But it seems Friday night I 'deflate', Saturdays I run a few errands, some laundry and dishes and I'm ready for a nice long nap. 'Nuther words I'm 'good for nothing'.
Sundays are groceries. Somehow over the course of the weekend, I get my basic chores done while inside my brain, I'm kicking, screaming and digging my heels in the whole way.
There is so much I need to do, projects, decluttering, keeping connections with friends and family. I don't ever feel like doing any of it.
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Familycare71 10:21 AM 09-21-2013
Originally Posted by Josiegirl:
Does anyone else find themselves recuperating the whole weekend from the previous week? Maybe I'm just tired today, went to sleep late, woke up normal time. But it seems Friday night I 'deflate', Saturdays I run a few errands, some laundry and dishes and I'm ready for a nice long nap. 'Nuther words I'm 'good for nothing'.
Sundays are groceries. Somehow over the course of the weekend, I get my basic chores done while inside my brain, I'm kicking, screaming and digging my heels in the whole way.
There is so much I need to do, projects, decluttering, keeping connections with friends and family. I don't ever feel like doing any of it.
Yup!!! This is me exactly
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kathiemarie 10:46 AM 09-21-2013
Me too. I hate it.
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daycarekay 11:08 AM 09-21-2013
I have days like this more often than I'd like to admit. Some days, I find myself taking a nap at 7 PM! Luckily, I don't have kids of my own yet and my partner works until 11 pm, so I'm able to rest in the evenings. My Saturdays are usually filled with household chores and relaxing, and Sunday is the day for out of the house errands, seeing friends, date nights, etc. But yes, I am often way more exhausted than I think I should be.
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BumbleBee 11:09 AM 09-21-2013
Ditto. I go grocery shopping on Saturdays and today things just kept going wrong. Little things that aren't a big deal but I struggle to handle them.

I feel so drained on the weekends, it's ridiculous!
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MyAngels 11:11 AM 09-21-2013
Me too. I just spent the entire morning farting around on the internet and watching TV. I have a ton of stuff I need to get done, a ton of stuff I want to get done, and yet, here I sit .

Just a couple of years ago I was always going strong. I need to figure out where that me went .
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Evansmom 11:44 AM 09-21-2013
Yup! My quality of life was definitely lower towards the end of my daycare business. I couldn't keep up which is why we downsized big time in July and I closed. After 18 years of teaching and childcare I was just done. I don't know if I'll ever get back into it. Maybe in some capacity, but it's truly exhausting on very level.
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Evansmom 11:45 AM 09-21-2013
I've been closed for over a month and I'm STILL recuperating! Lol!!
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Mister Sir Husband 12:04 PM 09-21-2013
I hope its not an age thing.. I'm 44 and just getting started.. :-)
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blandino 12:30 PM 09-21-2013
I am 25 and feel like this. I think it is more of an occupation thing than an age thing. This job takes a lot and therefore takes a lot out of you. I try and be diligent with my time, and separate work tasks from personal time - but it doesn't always happen.
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SSWonders 12:36 PM 09-21-2013
Yup. Although you get a lot more done than I do. Luckily hubby does the grocery shopping. It's just been the last couple of weeks that I've decided to not put anything on my to do list. That way when I don't get it done I don't feel so bad. Saturday and Sundays have been complete slug days for me for several months now. Seems I don't have the energy anymore to go go go 5 days a week with daycare and on weekends as well. I've also been at it for more than 24 years, so I'm guessing that has something to do with it as well.
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LoraJenkins 01:15 PM 09-21-2013
Girl I thought it was just me. I am so wiped out by Friday I am useless all weekend besides just laundry & groceries. And I am only 42!
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Evansmom 01:18 PM 09-21-2013
Originally Posted by blandino:
I am 25 and feel like this. I think it is more of an occupation thing than an age thing. This job takes a lot and therefore takes a lot out of you. I try and be diligent with my time, and separate work tasks from personal time - but it doesn't always happen.
I agree, I don't think it's the age you are but more the number of years you've been burning the candle at both ends plus how high your personal tolerance of that pace of life is. Some people make it a year in this industry, some 30 years. It's an individual limit I think.
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Familycare71 01:50 PM 09-21-2013
I'm 38 and it is my reality! Just woke up from a looong nap!
All I know is its got to change!!
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Sunchimes 02:25 PM 09-21-2013
Me! I'm 60 and I'm worn out on weekends. I always have a weekend list was long as my arm. I never seem to get caught up anymore.
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Brooksie 06:26 PM 09-21-2013
ME TOO!!!! I'm exhausted all weekend... and I'm only 24!!
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Cradle2crayons 08:05 PM 09-21-2013
I've worked daycare the last 23 days. One of the drawbacks to contracted care. Right now, one of my moms is working two jobs. And her days off the other mom works. So every single day for the last 23 days I've had daycare kids.

I do have most mornings off though because I do afternoon care. So, I don't have them awake 8-10 hours a day so I do get a little down time,


But .Whew? Sometimes I think I'm too old for this too lol
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Unregistered 07:42 PM 09-22-2013
I'm 63 and have been doing this for 27 years. I have another job - part-time PR specialist for a non-profit - I volunteer for several community organizations, maintain a vegetable garden and extensive flower gardens - and I'm an artist and published poet. What keeps me from exhaustion I think is that being around the kids' energy tends to energize me (or make me hyper!) and my husband does most of the household chores! If ever he can't do the grocery shopping or vacuuming or dishes, though, I don't seem to be able to make it through the week!
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Luna 03:13 AM 09-23-2013
Originally Posted by Unregistered:
I'm 63 and have been doing this for 27 years. I have another job - part-time PR specialist for a non-profit - I volunteer for several community organizations, maintain a vegetable garden and extensive flower gardens - and I'm an artist and published poet. What keeps me from exhaustion I think is that being around the kids' energy tends to energize me (or make me hyper!) and my husband does most of the household chores! If ever he can't do the grocery shopping or vacuuming or dishes, though, I don't seem to be able to make it through the week!
I believe this is possibly the most important factor - having support and someone else to help carry the load of day to day chores. It's just too much feeling like you're responsible for it all.

I also feel like there is always one child in my group who sucks the life out of me...if that child is out for the day it makes all the difference in the world.

I wonder if the extracurricular activities actually help rather than drain a person? Spending free time doing something active and fulfilling that we are interested in...something we want to do instead of something we must do might be the difference.

It looks like age doesn't really make a difference since we have such a wide range of people all feeling exhausted.
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Neekie 04:14 PM 09-23-2013
Originally Posted by Sunchimes:
Me! I'm 60 and I'm worn out on weekends. I always have a weekend list was long as my arm. I never seem to get caught up anymore.
Oh, I am so excited to find someone else on this board who is my age. I am also 60 and am still doing child care and still loving it. But when the weekend comes around I am completely exhausted. I spend all day on Saturday recuperating and then by Sunday I am ready to go again. But I also have Rheumatoid arthritis and that doesn't help any.
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Neekie 04:17 PM 09-23-2013
Originally Posted by Unregistered:
I'm 63 and have been doing this for 27 years. I have another job - part-time PR specialist for a non-profit - I volunteer for several community organizations, maintain a vegetable garden and extensive flower gardens - and I'm an artist and published poet. What keeps me from exhaustion I think is that being around the kids' energy tends to energize me (or make me hyper!) and my husband does most of the household chores! If ever he can't do the grocery shopping or vacuuming or dishes, though, I don't seem to be able to make it through the week!
I am 60 and can't believe that I am not the oldest one posting on these boards. LOL You are way more active than I am. I don't think I could ever keep up to you. My husband helps a lot, too. I don't know what I would ever do without him.
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providerandmomof4 07:32 PM 09-23-2013
It comes and goes for me. This past weekend I could not get motivated, but I could not enjoy my own children either... I felt like every time I sat down to relax, one of my kids needed something and it was making me crazy. All week long I take care of kids and then on the weekend my own kids and grandbaby would not let me relax. My grown children are a big part of this as they both are still at home and both act like little kids at times...They need rides, they need money, they want to dominate the family areas, and their friends are there too! They will not help out around the house. (but that's a whole nother story) Sorry...just venting...Then I felt guilty for feeling this way. It's like the dc wipes me out and some weekends..... I feel like I have nothing left for my own family. What keeps me going is I know these feelings will pass.
Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it and then things ease up for me and I begin to regain my energy and passion for the things I care about.
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