The Day I Got Shit Done

So today...was productive. Today I got stuff done.

With as much time as I *should* have being at home 24/7, I should be rocking projects out like Ty Pennington. Sadly, that has not been the case thus far. For many reasons. Everyone is here all the time. Kids need things constantly. Mama is the one that creates the schedule for the day and steers the ship...if I step away from the rudder for too long, everyone is on Jetskis acting liking lunatics. Everyone always wants to eat. I am trying to teach these children something, anything for at least part of the day. Added to that, most of the time my job isn't something I can hop in and out of in between tasks. At least 2-3 days, I need to get sunk in and focused for a set period of time. I don't want to say I have it figured out yet (because I make plans and God laughs) BUT...I may have a working theory on how to work at least the weekdays. We are getting there...

Today I really rocked out all the things that I needed to accomplish so I can peacefully enjoy the weekend. I wrapped up a big chunk of a project for work - that is now in someone else's hands for a while. Breathe. I delivered groceries to my tribe that shouldn't be in a grocery store, sanitized and safe. Breathe. I successfully put the two little kids down for bed before 8 - which used to be our normal routine but has gotten off the rails this last week. Breathe. I took out my staple gun and put sheeting over all my vulnerable little tomato plants so this insane Michigan weather doesn't beat them all down and destroy my hard work. Breathe. I wrapped all the bonus quarantine presents I bought for Easter and have finalized my candy requests with the Easter Bunny. Breathe. All Baby Girl's birthday presents are on track to be here in time for her Quarantine Birthday Party on Tuesday. Breeeeeeaaaaathe.

My house is still a work in progress. The kitchen counter hasn't been clean one day this week. I assigned Baby Girl towels to fold and they have are still sitting in the pile on the carpet in the playroom - which reminds me, I need to grab a floor towel before I head to the shower. I have religiously sanitized the mailbox and front door, but am pretty lackluster about the rest of the house this week. But everyone has clean underwear and cereal bowls soooooo....life is good.

The kids are all doing remarkably well still. We had our first sibling yelling match today, but it blew over very quickly and easily. Honestly I am shocked it took this long. Most of the family went fishing yesterday and our almost-high-school grad caught herself the first fish of the year! Baby Girl continues to need her socialization and spends a lot of time talking to her friends on her tablet. Our boys have been pretty immersed in Fortnite, even pulling in the girls from time to time. We are continuing to do an hour of 'school' in the morning - rotating through stations of math, reading, and 'other'. I am really impressed with the Todo Math app we are using. It has a daily lesson and challenges - both kids like it and it is just challenging enough. This week we have been doing letter writing as our 'other' station instead of typing just to change it up. If you get a letter from my 7 yr old son and it says, 'Stay home'...please don't be offended...lol...he really means stay safe, but he is really blunt. He didn't really understand what I meant when I said he could soften it up a bit. He will not be a good politician. Starting on the 20th, the kids all will have actual lessons from their schools - each one looking different depending on the teachers. I have heard from Baby Girl's teacher and they will be using a Google Classroom for some paperwork and doing Zoom storytime three days a week. Then she will have a one on one with her teacher on Zoom once a week. She is in kindergarten. That is pretty much all I know for now. It might get interesting around here with four kids on different schedules all trying to Zoom or Google. It is either going to be great or I am going to need to double my wine and Milky Way order every week. Time will tell.