Yes! Exhausting is right! I don't find the work so exhausting, but the responsibility. You have to constantly be aware and alert with 5 little ones running around. I'm thankful that my kids go elsewhere sat morning. So when I close Friday I drop everything... no cleaning... no cooking... no dishes... nothing! I need that time other wise I burn out way to quickly! I'm not as physcially exhausted as I am mentally by the time I hit the weekend.