On Monday night, my left knee started to swell up. It quickly became very painful to walk, and by Tuesday morning I was confined to the couch. My husband and I worried about how to best take care of the kids with me unable to walk. I decided it was necessary to brave going to […]
Day 6: Finding A Rhythm to our Schedule
I have decided that our “productive” part of the week will be Monday-Thursday. Friday-Sunday will be a bit slower, and there will be no homeschool activities except what Edwin wants to do for himself (which still looks like a lot of reading and science projects). This feels do-able for all of us. Pushing ourselves on […]
Day 5: Curating Inputs
The best form of self-care is monitoring what I put into my body and my mind. I can’t be in a healthy, happy place either physically or mentally unless I curate my inputs, eliminating unhealthy things and emphasizing the healthy/happy things. That’s never been more important than it is now, with the future so uncertain […]
Days 3/4: More Mishaps
I tried hard to stay on routine, and keep my kids on theirs, for the first few days of the week. But on Friday and Saturday, I lost my stamina and decided to have a couple of days that were more relaxed. We did a little less “Sowul School” with Edwin, and I spent more […]
Day 2: Avoiding the Doctor’s Office (But Not Best Buy)
I had all the best intentions of getting up early today, but last night I was woken up twice by Eleanor. The first was to give her water and Tylenol– her fever was back up again. The second time her fever was down, but she wanted a hug and a snuggle. That last time was […]
COVID-19 Quarantine, Day 1: Privilege
It’s not really day 1. This all started on Friday, when at the very end of our district’s conference day, we were notified that all schools in our county would be closed for two weeks. I spent the weekend processing and preparing. On Monday we had our first non-work day, and on Tuesday I had […]