Do you ever feel complete relief and then your brain goes dead?

@bjbailey (114)
United States
June 16, 2008 6:26pm CST
I don't get too much peice and quiet since I remarried and started raising my 2 granddaughters but when the husband and kids leave and I get the house to myself the relief and peice is just amazing. Then IT happens the brain goes dead. I'm saying for just about an hour or so. It is like I dont have to think or worry (I still worry). But it is like I long for it. After they come home I am more relaxed and can handle the noise a little better. Am I wrong to feel such joy in the people I love the most leave and I am left alone? I really dont feel guilty about it.
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tinamwhite
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
17 Jun 08
I do not think that you are wrong...we all need some time for ourselves...like you I almost always have a houseful and it does get stressful and it seems like the more stressed I am...the worse the kids want to behave...LOL Enjoy those moments and then coping with life and the challenges are much easier because you had a little while to just relax.. Tina
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bjbailey
@bjbailey (114)
• United States
17 Jun 08
I do enjoy when they are here but man when I get my time I enjoy that too. Its kinda hard because I have this thing run through my head that this is my grandma years but these grandkids dont ever go home. lol. But they are my little angels and they are a handful at times but I wouldnt have it any other way. Thank you for your response.
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tinamwhite
@tinamwhite (3252)
• United States
17 Jun 08
I really do understand these 2 grandkids do not go home either...I love them to pieces...I have raised 3 children to grown then had another one 6 yrs ago...and then the grandkids..not exactly how I envisioned spending my later years of my life... Although, since I have been raising kids for 30+ years...not sure what else I would do if they were not here...LOL....and I would not change it either... Hugs, Tina
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Winter08
@Winter08 (441)
• Canada
22 Jun 08
I don't have the "raising kids" experience, but I have worked for the last 20 years in a job where 99% of the time I was dealing with customers on the phone, service techs in the shop or on the two-way radio or cell phone, talking with suppliers ... sometimes at the end of the day, I would go home and just sit in the silence. And sometimes I would do it for the whole weekend. Then when Monday rolled around ... I was ready to get back at it. I think the break away from what we love doing gives us the needed contrast to be able to really appreciate what we have.