Home is where you start from: a day (and night) in the life of homeschool mom

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

a day (and night) in the life of homeschool mom

So, where do I start?

Last night, at around 3 A.M., Meg (age 12) came barreling into our room. She had a nightmare. She very anxiously begs to sleep with us. We have a queen size bed, if you are bigger then a 1 year old...it's just not going to happen. She then begs to sleep on our floor.

It's a hard-wood floor.

My negotiation/comprehension skills are not at a peak at this moment in time (remember, my head seems to hit my pillow at around midnight), somehow she ends up camped out on our floor with several blankets.

4 A.M. - The cat comes in to meow at me, so I will let him outside (it's a nightly/early morning date with us).
Meg screams and jumps 3 feet in the air, becoming frightened all over again, slightly hysterical. I try (very groggily) to calm her down and soothe...but I end up laughing.

8:30 A.M. Marshalling the troops to get out the door for standardized testing day.
*Lunches made- check.
*Nutritious snacks packed- check.
*Nutritious breakfast made and consumed by kids-check.
*Reading books packed to entertain if they finish early-check

*Kids dressed/combed/clean, ready to head out the door...

hold the fort

- Meg and Demi both find that their sneakers are still soaked through after a big balloon fight the evening before. Seems they forgot to mention that detail to mom. Meg goes to look for another pair of shoes...Demi usually exists with one pair of shoes.

One pair.
I mentally run the possibility of running out to Target to buy him new shoes and still making it to the testing in time.

Sky declares he will have to go barefoot.

I mentally imagine myself showing up with a pack of children, two barefoot, one with a broken arm, and one dressed in her notoriously mis-matched cheetah clothing.

We bandy around the idea of telling everyone at the learning center that we are doing a unit study on New Zealand, and that the kids are experiencing going to school barefoot just like the kids do there.

I nix it, remembering that Demi has a pair of sandals from last summer that still fit. Sort of.

Crisis over.

Mommy needs a drink (regardless that I don't drink)

it's all about the glamour, here in the O.C.

Labels: family, homeschool

posted at 8:21 PM
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At 1:11 AM, Anonymous said...: yep, at this homeschool home, we sure are barefooted - but another cold snap (it's autumn here) might just send us running for the hugg boots.

great read on your site,
J
At 2:41 PM, Barb said...: Oh, Jenny. I know you probably won't believe me, but twenty years from now you're going to look back at times like this and laugh.

Just reading this brought back so many memories of days just gone wrong, I felt completely exhausted.

Remember that the reward for surviving this is grandchildren. And watching your children live through exactly the same kinds of days. Really. :-)
At 8:11 PM, Suburban Correspondent said...: I like the New Zealand idea, myself...

Pretty blog - thanks for stopping by my place and leaving a note!
At 4:54 AM, Jules said...: Whew! I am so glad to know I am not alone in my daily chaos! Just yesterday, we were getting everyone ready to go - one to volleyball, one to soccer. My volleyball daughter was already outside, I assumed she was waiting in the van. The rest of us came out,after searching for shin guards, water bottles, etc. Running late, of course. Here is my daughter, thoughtfully wandering in the garden, with her volleyball clothes on, but with her Sunday shoes! Argh!!
Thanks for stopping by and for commenting on my camera purchase. I am really loving it!
At 10:11 AM, Anonymous said...: DD and I laughed out loud as we read this - I hope the rest of your week has gone better. :) I've had days like that! We do testing next week, so I hope we don't have one of those days on THOSE days!

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