I'm Tired (Vent)

First, I am so grateful for my two great and healthy little girls (3yo & 11mo). They're wonderful things and I couldn't love them more.Second, holy crap am I tired. And so is my partner.The kitchen is gross. The floors are gross. The yard is gross. Toys everywhere. Neverending dirtiest laundry. Neverending dishes. Neverending mess. Frequent whining and crying. I don't get enough sleep. I don't shower enough. I barely have any time to myself.We don't have help, it's just my partner and me. We both have other things we like to do and try to do every day, so the mess and gross isn't constantly being cleaned up, so by the end of the day it's like an hour just to clean the kitchen. I'm also then supposed to feed and clean myself and finish other relentless chores. So it leaves maybe one effing hour of wind-down after 12-14 hours of nonstop chores and cleaning up after people and fussing and whining all day every day with no day off. One hour of not doing that crap is not enough. And even if we did spend all day cleaning and doing the chores, it wouldn't save much time, it'd just be done earlier; plus we wouldn't have done anything during the daylight that we actually enjoy.I don't feel depressed or anything, but I do feel like this just sucks a lot of the time. I feel bad for feeling that way, but that's how I feel.DOES IT GET BETTER when they get older?! It has to, right? When they're more people-like and can help better and play on their own more and all that shit? I feel so bad. But this is ssooooo draining and I just need some alone time like years and years of it. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3jrVlES