ok, so I'll bust out my own damn 2x4 on myself.

LL,

you should be ashamed of yourself for once again trying to put the blame of your headache and your tiredness and your general discontent with your role on your h.

he IS trying...he DOES help out...he DOES do little things for you...and he DOESN'T have any EXPECTATIONS of you to be anything other than who you are!

just because you wake up (or get woken up) on the wrong side of the bed doesn't give you the right to start walking down a path of gee this is all h's fault. So your tired and feel frumpy...get off your but and get back to the gym and stop using the kids as an exuse...sure they're a lot of work and sure they do limit some of what you can do but hon you're smart and resourcefull and can figure out a way to make yourself feel good about yourself for yourself.

Now stop the damn pitty party and pull those damn jeans off the hanger and start wearing them again (bomb time jeans that still fit but not to my liking) stop being frumpy and feeling bad for yourself it's getting you nowhere. get back to the place you were when h came home...not so he'll notice or change but so that you can feel good about yourself again...that's right girl you still got it stop trying to hide it...who cares if the rest of the mothers in town can't keep up with you. They'll like you better when your being you and if they don't well then it's their loss.

you're good enough (maybe even better)
you're smart enough (smarter than you think)
and gosh darn it people really do like you (even when you think they don't)

and for heavens sake instead of getting annoyed with h for falling asleep on the couch while you flip channels all night or read this bb..remember what you learned while he wasn't sleeping in the house...when you are tired..it's ok to just go to sleep...you aren't going to miss anything and you'll have much more energy during the day and perhaps you wont get so stressed out when the kids just want to be kids.

LL