Just T
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Post by Just T on Aug 14, 2014 14:57:13 GMT
jittery, unfocused, flitting from one thing to the next--playing around on the computer, reading, crocheting...I have done all three of those things just in the last 30 minutes. LOL
My daughter is leaving for college tomorrow...my first child to go to college. Everyone keeps asking me how I am doing, am I freaking out, and I really have not been at all. This morning...maybe I am just a little. I took a vacation day to help her finish getting everything ready and shop for some last minute stuff we forgot about. We have to leave early in the morning, so the car needs to be loaded tonight...yet I am doing NOTHING.
Someone kick me in the a$$! I need it... |
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Aug 14, 2014 14:58:56 GMT
MOVE IT! Start working on your to-do list lady  |
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Post by Monica* on Aug 14, 2014 15:00:06 GMT
KICK!
I do the same thing sometimes. When a deadline is approaching, sometimes I'm a deer in the headlights.
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eastcoastpea
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 14, 2014 15:03:22 GMT
I think you are anxious and don't realize it. I know that I sure would be. Your daughter is moving into a new phase in her life and so are you. Even good change can make you antsy. I hope your trip to school is a safe one.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 14, 2014 15:04:38 GMT
Just TYou know, I think you may have just figure out my issue today. My son leaves this weekend for his big move in day and the youngest went back to school today. I have be unsettled today as well, kind of wandering from project to project and feeling somewhat out of sorts. I was just sitting here wondering what in the world is wrong with me. As I sit here and think on it, I am pretty sure you have given me the answer. I too am delaying doing some prep work for him to leave and I am almost positive that it is a form of denial-as in, if I don't do it, he won't leave.  (the kid is so excited that if he could leave RIGHT NOW he would. )
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brandy327
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 14, 2014 15:07:00 GMT
I hear you. I have a HUGE to-do list today including washing the floors, cleaning bathrooms, etc. Yet here I sit...but in my defense, I'm waiting for the kitchen and dining room floors to dry so I can put kitchen chairs and trash can back so that I can move onto the living room floor. Should be ready in about 15-20 mins.
Good luck with the move!!
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ddly
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Post by ddly on Aug 14, 2014 15:10:59 GMT
I think you are anxious and don't realize it. I know that I sure would be. Your daughter is moving into a new phase in her life and so are you. Even good change can make you antsy. I hope your trip to school is a safe one.  Good luck with the move! How far away is she going? Lisa D. |
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Post by ntsf on Aug 14, 2014 15:11:09 GMT
I am leaving on vacation tomorrow...just me and one daughter...I have been working a lot this week...so time is crunching more and more...then dh bombshelled me last night insisting the other dd's room is spotless before I leave...and I am feeling overwhelmed. I am working as fast as possible...but it will be hard to get out tomorrow at 6 am for my 10 hr drive.
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Post by alibama on Aug 14, 2014 15:12:18 GMT
That would be me too, it was me, right before my daughter left, then my son. Hang in there Mom.
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Post by alibama on Aug 14, 2014 15:13:14 GMT
I hear you. I have a HUGE to-do list today including washing the floors, cleaning bathrooms, etc. Yet here I sit...but in my defense, I'm waiting for the kitchen and dining room floors to dry so I can put kitchen chairs and trash can back so that I can move onto the living room floor. Should be ready in about 15-20 mins. Good luck with the move!! Yea yea we believe you are just waiting for those floors to dry  Just Kidding |
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Post by alibama on Aug 14, 2014 15:17:00 GMT
I am leaving on vacation tomorrow...just me and one daughter...I have been working a lot this week...so time is crunching more and more...then dh bombshelled me last night insisting the other dd's room is spotless before I leave...and I am feeling overwhelmed. I am working as fast as possible...but it will be hard to get out tomorrow at 6 am for my 10 hr drive. I a sorry you are stressed too. If it were me I would solve that problem by telling my husband that if he wanted a room spotless do it yourself! |
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brandy327
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 14, 2014 15:17:16 GMT
I hear you. I have a HUGE to-do list today including washing the floors, cleaning bathrooms, etc. Yet here I sit...but in my defense, I'm waiting for the kitchen and dining room floors to dry so I can put kitchen chairs and trash can back so that I can move onto the living room floor. Should be ready in about 15-20 mins. Good luck with the move!! Yea yea we believe you are just waiting for those floors to dry Just Kidding One of my dd's just informed me that the floor is pretty much dry...just the grout lines are still damp in spots...yet here I sit.  |
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brandy327
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 14, 2014 15:18:33 GMT
I am leaving on vacation tomorrow...just me and one daughter...I have been working a lot this week...so time is crunching more and more...then dh bombshelled me last night insisting the other dd's room is spotless before I leave...and I am feeling overwhelmed. I am working as fast as possible...but it will be hard to get out tomorrow at 6 am for my 10 hr drive. I a sorry you are stressed too. If it were me I would solve that problem by telling my husband that if he wanted a room spotless do it yourself! I have to agree with this. My dh doesn't INSIST I do anything. If he did, he wouldn't like the result. How disrespectful. If he thinks it needs to be cleaned so badly, he can do it. |
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Post by alibama on Aug 14, 2014 15:20:45 GMT
Yea yea we believe you are just waiting for those floors to dry Just Kidding One of my dd's just informed me that the floor is pretty much dry...just the grout lines are still damp in spots...yet here I sit. LOL see I knew it. Of course I am "sitting" here too. |
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Post by krazykatlady on Aug 14, 2014 16:07:27 GMT
I am leaving on vacation tomorrow...just me and one daughter...I have been working a lot this week...so time is crunching more and more...then dh bombshelled me last night insisting the other dd's room is spotless before I leave...and I am feeling overwhelmed. I am working as fast as possible...but it will be hard to get out tomorrow at 6 am for my 10 hr drive. Seriously?!?! |
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Post by ntsf on Aug 14, 2014 19:15:43 GMT
my dd is a young adult with a disability and communication between my dh and dd is very difficult. some of his request was anxiety about being with her alone for a week.. I know where he is coming from...just not happy about it. also, he is in a lot of pain from various things...so I give him a bit of a pass...I can still be upset...we spent 1 hour cleaning and it now looks pretty good. off to my second work shift of the day!!
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oblibby
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Post by oblibby on Aug 14, 2014 19:28:19 GMT
I am the same today. Since I got home from work, I've done nothing other than cook and eat dinner.
I'm meant a to be making a bracelet for someone and finishing off a top I'm making for my holidays. Instead I've faffed around on the internet all evening and that has made me develop of bad case if lazyitis. Wish someone would give me an energy shot and a huge kick up the arse!
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caro
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Post by caro on Aug 14, 2014 20:39:27 GMT
This is happening to me. At the end of school in May, we left that day for a long weekend trip so I just threw everything in the guest room. That same weekend my 92 year old MIL fell and fractured her pelvis. My DD moved a long way away and emotionally it was just a difficult time.
So I closed the door to the guest room.
So school is starting and I NEED to get off my phone and go into the guest room and get my stuff together.
Am I??? No
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Good luck with the move! How far away is she going?
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