Yes agree with peanutter, I am not sure you get over the tiredness but you do work out so the tiredness doesn't seem so all consuming. (mind you I do very little housework stuff so is just about the kids till bedtime and then is chill time normally - our floor has not been mopped in months, nothing bad has happened, it will get done at some point - probably the day before my mum arrives :-))

I hate my job! Is nothing to do with being a mum or the distance have to travel is just me and it are not suited - I am not very good at being dispassionate about it and I need to believe in what I am doing to do a good job, and what they are doing is nonsense and is like stepping back 30 years. I am counting down the days till Christmas, and hoping they don't renew - because if they do I would have to take it for financial reasons. I am half hoping they give me the boot!

I miss being able to read BB etc on the train on the journey - I love my audiobooks but I feel very disconnected as I don't get that travel time, and at work have no reception so I can't even look at anything at lunch time etc.

I am very good at compartmentalizing which has its benefits, but I find that I don't think about home or the kids at all when I am at work, and then am surprised to discover am meant to be going to a hearing appointment, or have paid some bill or other. I need to make sure I use my lunch break or something to get ahead with home stuff, but although I plan to and make lists etc, I am so in work mode that it gets to lunch time etc and I completely forget and the day has gone and I haven't called whoever was meant to etc etc. DH does his fair share, he is less work focused than me so always manages to get things done. You would think when I don't even like my job I would be able to switch off from it for 10 mins to do some little home tasks wouldn't you :-)