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Help me keep my sanity today

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As everyone may or may not know my husband and I have five children that live in our home full time. The children are ages 8,5,5,5,and 2. Well the girls are all off school today and tommorow for inservices at school and parent teacher confrences. I have four confrences this afternoon on top of my regular house wife duties. Already I am ready to scream because of the stress. Please keep me in your thoughts today and pray that I keep the little bit of sanity I have left over the long weekend. We also still dont have a dryer and my kids are out of clean clothes so I have to find time to wash the clothes and take them to the laundry mat to be dried. My husband has class tonight and his first section final on Saturday so I dont know when I will find the time. He also has to work again on Sunday.
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Honey, just do the best you can. Try to simplify your life wherever you can. You have your hands full. Perhaps you can have someone close to you... a friend or relative...give you a hand. If I could, I would babysit for you so that you and your hubby could go out and get some peace and quiet one night. You will get thru this. Just focus on today. Don't worry about tomorrow or yesterday. Keep your focus in this moment. Enjoy your children. Smother them with love. I often times wish my children were that age again. Those years went by way to fast.
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I really feel for you and you will be in my thoughts. I only have two children and I find that hard enough sometimes! I agree with myspirit - try and simplify if you can. Could you let the laundromat wash your clothes as well as dry them perhaps? Get a take out for dinner? Ask the children to each do one small job around the house after school? Remember to breathe - you'll get through it... xxx
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Thank you both of you for your advice. My girls are great at helping around the house for the most part. Im going to make soup for dinner tonight with cold sandwhiches to ease some stress. I would love to send the babes outside to play but its getting really cold here now. They are good kids but alot of them and coped up in the house. Im going to get some crafts to do together when im out.
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
just wash a few and hang them up around the house until you can get to the laundry. Bless your heart, triplets?
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no blended family. My bio daughter is five and my husband had twins.
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deleted_user
one thing at a time mama, you'll get through today, I know you will,
xoxo
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You are a strong woman to be able to deal with this. We'll kep you in our heart and thoughts. HUGS
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