How Do I Cope?

Do you remember the great saying "I am at the end of my rope" or " you are on my last nerve" well I truly believe in these lately. I feel so overwhelmed; how do I cope? My mother in a nursing home and has some dementia. I just want to hold one normal conversation with her . I want to get her advice on life. Who do I turn to now?

My son is 20 in Art school , was working part time in the evenings and tells me he is failing 2 out of 3 classes. So he will have to quit working to catch up. He has now gotten a credit card and bought a new xbox , wow that was so important for school. And then thought he was going to buy a new tv so that his xbox would look so much better. I think that my bald spot must be getting bigger.

My honor student daughter has taken on a job at best buy hates any classes she now has. Was asked to be catcher for a softball clinic and she would rather work . She loves softball. What is happening here. She tells me that she took all her credits last year so she could do what she wanted this year. She wanted to take college classes but is skipping that for this job . She loves photography and wants to get the discounts. And that is where my son was getting the TV with her discount . So now the other side of my head is flat from banging on the wall.

Thank god I only had 2 kids. So I went and got a puppy . So now I know what you are thinking that I just lost my mind and I think I have also. My husband was working 2 jobs and now he is losing his part time one and he is worried sick about finances. So he is up and down all night and not sleeping. I keep telling him it will be ok but I am also concerned.

I come from a large family and now they are all fighting regarding my mom and what is to be done with her home. My sister is POA and her home is in my brother's name so there is big controversy and they both have their own lawyers and I think it is a big power struggle and it scares me. My family will never be the same again. On top of all that we have a public sale of my uncles property and we all have to be there together because he had only nieces and nephews no children. So I guess out comes the happy face for one weekend.

And then we have my in-laws or should we says the monster-in-law , my mother in law is a mental case. Never comes to see her grandkids. Never gives them anything for holidays or birthdays. Unsure if she would recognize them on the street. At times goes off the deep end and says that she hates her son and never to come back to her home again . My father in law just goes along with what ever she does.

Wow what a life. Then I get a migraine and my husband says "honey why are you getting migraines?" Well what do you think?