Do You Ever Feel Like.....

you're chasing your tail? I sure do lately. School is starting in just a few days so we've been trying to get school clothes together, buying the few needed items, the monsterous lists of supplies and the items we have already at home that need to be found, washed or just put in the backpack. Along with that, I've been trying to help my mom and dad out some. My mom's health has had a major decline over the past year, though she's had health problems for years. My dad isn't in the best of health and along with working a full time job, he's taken on helping my mom with her job, doing most of the cooking, cleaning, shopping and yard work. And he helps me out alot with my own large yard and home repairs. So I'm trying to pick up the slack by cleaning their house and helping my mom when I can with shopping and errands and such. Of course, I do not mind at all helping them. I've very glad to be in a position to do it. And there's the soon to be divorce to think about and prepare for. I still have daily work at home and taking care of my kids, cooking, cleaning and doing laundry for us.
So I feel that I'm a cook, maid, cleaner, chauffeur, nurse, accountant, landscaping amateur, pet care person, shopper, bargain hunter, lawncare wanna-be and basically a jack of all trades. But, you know what, it's fine. It's made me a stronger person, more independent person and happier person. It's rewarding to know that I can care for my children, my parents to some degree, myself, our pets(a guinea pig and fish), the house, the laundry, the yard.....it really feels great to know that I can hold it all together. But yes, I still feel like I'm chasing my tail!
On top of all the work, our cable, both TV and internet have been in and out of service for several days. Yesterday I spent almost 2 hours trying to get through to Comcast to let them know that our cable wasn't working. We had some channels but others were out. Of course, Disney channel was out and my kids weren't impressed. I finally get through only to be told that they'll come out on Friday to fix the problem. FRIDAY?? But later, I had to call back to report a different problem and was told that they did not need to come out Friday because it was a problem on their end and it would fix itself...soon....but at midnight I was on the phone again as the non digital TVs were fine but the one TV with digital cable was still out. The internet has still been in and out all day. I think this is day 3 or 4 now. By last night, I felt dizzy from all the tail chasing.
I don't mean to complain though and this was certainly not written with a complaining attitude. Because despite the busy, hectic and sometimes frustrating days, I count my blessings. My children and I are healthy, we have a wonderful, loving, caring support system, we have friends and an amount of love to carry us through those difficult times, difficult days. And above all else, we chase our tails TOGETHER!!