Feeling Heavy and Overwhelmed: A Rant

Find some mommy groups near you. Checking into your local homeschooling groups is also a great place to meet more people going through the same things as you. I'm in a similar but opposite scenario. Moved with my husband towards his family support and they ended up being not supportive. Nearly 20 years into our marriage I find out they weren't supportive of our union from the beginning. It's a hard thing to get up in the morning for being in a completely different state than where I grew up. All the people around here either love him or hate him and neither of those facts are helping me find friends. :/ One thing to look forward to in the future, no matter where you find yourself, children do grow up and become more helpful and less a screaming tornado. Set routines, play games at cleanup times (I like encouraging "shooting baskets" with the toys when putting them away, or time trials before a fun activity to make it go quicker), and stay on your routines as much as you pleasantly can. Routines can frustrated me, so I consciously decide when it's okay to skip a day or slack a week (everyone needs a vacation sometimes) and try to focus on the worst clutter around my house to bring me back into work after the break. When my kids started to see my routines and their involvement in the mess and cleanup they stopped making the messes. Keep your spirits up!