Mental health days are for pussies (so I'm taking a mental health WEEK)

As most of you are probably aware (due to my incessant whining both here and on twitter), my daughter M's preschool ended about a month ago, and I've been back to being a full-time stay-at-home Mom ever since. And after 30 days of being home with her five-year-oldness, and in charge of her entertainment, safety, and overall happiness and well-being 24/7, I'm pretty much about ready to have a nervous breakdown (as most of you are also probably aware) (was that last post a bit of a tip off? Ya think?).

I'm weak, I admit it. Part of it is my high-strung and overly-sensitive temperament, part of it is the patience-trying energy-sucking non-stop-talking vortex of neediness that is five-years-old, and part of it is that between my various internet activities and my endless duties as CEO and General Household Manager of Family Gaughran-Perez, I've been essentially balancing a full-time job with all the burdens inherent in full-time caregiving. Which of course lead me to do all of those things for the past month VERY, VERY badly. Oh and did I mention the burgeoning drinking problem? To quote Homer Simpson: "Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems." Ah, yes. INDEED. Any time after 12-noon is cocktails time, am I right?

So yeah, I'm clearly in need of a break of some sort... Do you know I've never really HAD a blog break since I started this site back in 2004? Like, EVER? Oh sure, I've SAID I was going to take a break, and honestly planned to do so. But I've never actually gone more than a few days at a time without posting here on Sweetney. It's bordering on sickness. MUST.STOP.TYPING. MUST.RECONSTRUCT.SANITY. BACK.AWAY.FROM.LAPTOP.

To aid me in my pursuit of Project Tracey No Crazy and to make my blog hiatus a bit more lively, I've enlisted the help of several internet friends, each of whom will be posting in my absence here as I work on getting my shit back together behind the scenes. Some of these authors you surely know and love already, some might be new voices to you. But they're all unique, amazing writers I'm honored to have post on my blog, and I encourage everyone to go visit them over at their home sites.

So please give my guest authors a warm welcome, please show them some serious comment-type love, and please stay tuned for the awesome to come! In the meantime, I'll continue updating the linkblog (if somewhat less regularly), posting at MamaPop and WeCovet, and inserting random updates on twitter. (No I don't really know how to take time off from work. Shut up.)

I'll miss you guys. A lot. I'm such a dork -- just typing this made me tear up a little -- but I also know it's what I need, what's for the best and the greater good of my health and sanity... So look for the first totally awesome guest post to appear here tomorrow morning. Be well, and stay fiesty-n-fabulous whilst I'm away, my dears.

And with that, I'm outtie. Going to be not crazy, BRB. xo