The kids are hellions, the dogs chase the cats, the cats fight back. I sleep until it’s time to go to work then stay out until I can come home and go to sleep. Before the dogs, things weren’t so bad. But every time the cats hiss or the dogs bark or the kids yell, my anxiety goes through the roof. Their mom says she’s trying, but nothing helps. 

I don’t want to lose my shit but I just want some peace.