Mum Margaret Lynch is looking forward to the summer holidays because the mental load right now is unreal.
JUNE IS THE absolute worst time of year for parents, and I won’t hear any differently. In a normal week, I feel like I am sprinting from the moment the alarm goes off on Monday morning until I get home Friday evening.There isn’t enough coffee in the world to propel me through everything that needs to be done. In June, no matter how fast we run, juggle, dodge and catch, we just can’t catch up.
And while I do typically remember all of the things that need to be done, at this point of the year I feel like something gets lost every time I have something new to remember. We are also somehow supposed to keep a running counter of fruit & veg portions, homework, books read, water consumption, screen time and knowledge of who unloaded the dishwasher last because, god forbid, you ask the same child twice in a row, which chores have/haven’t been done for pocket money, birthday parties, whose turn it is to sit in the front seat, eye tests and vaccines.
The social media algorithm also has me in a chokehold. Anytime I open my phone I am reminded how the end of the school year means they are a little bit bigger than they were last year. It gives me helpful quotes like ’20 years from now, the only people who will remember that you worked late are your kids’. I am actually screenshotting that one to bring up with my therapist.
Goodbye, lunches We haven’t seen the tie in months and the lunchboxes are absolutely feral. Every time I pass one of the kids they ask if we are going on Summer holidays this year, or what we are doing for the bank holiday.
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