Sometimes being a friend has a big price tag. I have six extra people and 11 animals staying with us right now because I am a being a friend. It is coming with a really big price tag. I'm really not sure how much more I can afford both literally and mentally. This is day 10.
I don't have any space in my home anymore. My kids don't have space either but they seem to be holding up better than I am. I'm working ten times as hard because I'm doing almost everything. I've been cooking meals for 12 people! Mess is everywhere. I have a desire to vacuum 4 times a day because I just know how icky the carpets really are. I sweep and mop and five minutes later it looks like I haven't done it for a month. Our food bill has gone crazy.
My house smells nasty. There are six people, 19 cats and a dog living in it. This is insane. It was suppose to be for a few days and now it's looking like weeks. There cats are marking all over the house. My cats are hiding. I feel like running away from home. They have nowhere else to go. Only one is working so most of them are here all day. I do almost all the cooking and cleaning. To be fair they did cook one meal, babysat one night so JT and I could get away, once they cleaned the bathrooms the dishes have been done a few times and they did buy groceries for the week (three carts of food for one week).I still had to go buy another $50 of food (plus other household stuff) to make groceries last and I probably will have to again in a day or two because feeding 12 people takes a lot of food! After that I'm not sure what to do because I'll be broke!
I say it looks like this could last weeks but really I have no idea since they haven't actually told me what there plans are. I'm feeling strained right now and I don't know how to approach them and still keep our friendship in tact because I'm just so frustrated. I want to use my washer when I want it, I want to cook normal size meals, I want to be able to sit on my couch at 3am if I feel like it, I want my house to stop smelling like a litter box (really nasty), I want my cats to feel comfortable in their own home, I want to be able to do school work with my kids without locking ourselves in the bedroom. I love my friends I really do but this is not a good thing. I'm way to nice I can't say anything and I can't turn anyone away. They have our car, are living in our home, using our stuff and tomorrow I am driving one of them to another state for a job interview! I have got to learn how to freaking say no, even if someone is in real need because it's killing me!
Our friendship isn't going to last much longer over this.
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