Come Saturday morning

The laundry is downstairs being laundered. Then I will go downstairs, and it will be dried. Then will come the folding.

My life is all over the place. There is the daughter, still leaning on us heavily for childcare. They will be here all day, Monday through Friday, while on spring break. I love my grandchildren, but we all don’t really do well when they’re around us too much. After all, those who live here are grandparents and an uncle. We’re supposed to just see them on occasion, when we can spoil them rotten and send them home. However, thus far, since moving out we’ve seen almost as much of them as we saw when they lived here. (They moved out officially on December 24.) We already provide after school care because the place they were going was just too expensive now that my daughter has to pay her own rent. Now, because the day care service her job uses was all booked up before she got around to putting in for it, we’ ll have them all week.

I’ll make the best of it, of course I will; as mentioned above, I do love them. But this upcoming week will have a heavy workload, and I’ll have to juggle their lunches and other needs in the middle of all that. Oh boo the !@#$ hoo, right? I get to spend time with two of the coolest people I know, sibling rivalry and all.

Then there’s my uncle suffering from severe depression. He comes up with all sorts of things he needs me to do because he doesn’t want to leave his apartment. HOWEVER, he has now begun to try to get himself out for daily walks around the block. That’s major progress.

The ex-husband is also dealing with major depression.

In both cases, they’re being given different medications to try to bring them out of it. They don’t seem to be working very well, at least not at this time. Hopefully some relief is in their near futures.

I am a bit stressed, but at least I am not suffering. And grandkids and their lunches are good things. Yay for good things!

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I can appreciate how you’re feeling though! You were already a parent and are looking forward to playing the part of a grandparent which is very different! Someday, when she’s on her feet, I’m sure that you’ll be there! The economy is hitting us all so hard and prices of everything (especially rent) are climbing at an alarming rate so I’m sure that she is profoundly grateful for the help you’re giving her and helping to keep her babies safe while she’s at work! You’re a rockstar! Also, I spent a huuuuuge amount of time with my grandma and I was incredibly close to her as if she were my own mother- our relationship was so precious and rewarding. I miss her every day.

March 31, 2018

@jubaliee I know. I have a lot of nerve, really, as my grandmother raised me; she was both parents in one person, who had raised her own children already. She is already grateful, and doing so well that I can’t begrudge her the help. Thanks for the encouraging words!

March 31, 2018

I know the feelings.   They grow so fast.   I cannot believe my granddaughter is going to be 18.  She still loves us and says she wants to live with us.

March 31, 2018

@sassymimi My grandkids are sometimes happy to be here, sometimes not. Sometimes they miss us, but it is always when it’s been a while. They lived with us for the first 10/7 years of their lives, so at least they’re utterly at home here!

March 31, 2018

You have a lot on your shoulders. I wish I could help you out. Everyone says I should become a peer support specialist, and I would love to, but there are no jobs available in the area, and I can’t get my license until I get a job offer, which is just stupid.

I would love to hang out with your uncle and ex and help them out with their depression. The kids? eeehhh I’m not a kid person. They love me though. I don’t understand that at all lol

April 14, 2018

I hope you can keep seeing the good of it . . .  and that you get more freedom for yourself. Hugs