I’m drained.

This is hard. This isn’t warm & fuzzy and welcoming. This is exhausting I never knew how stressed or overwhelmed a person could feel, but here I am. It feels like I’m constantly going, and it doesn’t seem like there’s a stop sign in sight. I’m hoping things will slow down. School is so much harder than expected, but that’s what I get for taking 15 credit hours of honors classes. It’s exhausting trying to bend over backwards on a daily basis to make sure everyone is taken care of and pleased. Sometimes, most of the time, you can’t do it. Sometimes it’s too much and you break down. Sometimes people say things that’ll dig much deeper than expected to. Sometimes, there are days you have to force yourself out of bed, and it‘s the type of day where you let your child destroy the house and have whatever they want because you just don’t have the energy to fight with them. Most of the time, people won’t be appreciative. Sometimes, your child’s love and embrace are all that can keep you going. It‘s okay to give up sometimes. It’s okay to break down for a bit. It’s okay to take a step back and breathe. It’s okay to give your child McDonald’s for lunch because it’s just a bad day. Become appreciative of yourself. Become your own support system. Remind yourself that what you do and who you are is enough. Because it does get easier. And then good days won’t be rare or sometimes, they’ll be always.