Overwhelmed

Hi Everyone!

So I usually try to stay positive, in this space and in life, but let's take a break from that today, shall we?

I am feeling absolutely stretched to the limit, and wondering how anybody makes this working mother thing work. And then I feel ridiculous for complaining because:

A) I'm only working part time (well, 6 hours/day right now...will go down to 4 hours/day once my husband's job situation sorts itself out, which seems to be imminent)

B) I work from home

C) Between my husband and my mom and my mother-in-law, I have lots and lots and lots of help

But, on the other hand, there are a lot of extenuating circumstances right now, including:

• My husband has been traveling for weeks what feels like non-stop...he is exhausted from travel and meetings, I am exhausted from being up all night with the kids, the kids are crankier than normal because they miss him, etc.
• We've been traveling as a family, too...great stuff but traveling with twins is not easy (another week-and-a-half trip is set to start Friday)
• I am sick, sick, sick, and have been for over a week
• Work is really busy, things that require a great deal of mental energy plus some super-accelerated timelines and that's always really stressful
• The kids are teething
• My husband has another meeting Monday in Denver (yay!), but I don't know how I'm going to work Monday...and we have appointments at CCRM in Denver to talk about/start the process of potentially having baby #3 (oh yeah, I'm also trying to decide if 3 kids vs 2 makes sense in the midst of all this), so I can't work Tuesday...and then Thanksgiving...I don't know how I'm going to get any work done next week
• We're kind of in limbo as we may be moving for a new job for my husband, so things aren't really set up the way they are going to be with our house (eg we're putting off buying a new crib so the twins are still rooming together) or my work situation (eventually my mother-in-law will be helping me set times, right now coverage for me working is just kind of cobbled together)
• Etc.

So yeah. Today I'm feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. 

My husband's back tonight and will take the night shift with the kids, so that should help.

And if I could just get rid of this cold...

Am I the only one who feels like they are drowning?

XOXO