Weekend was good, not too busy. Saturday T took the kids to their gymnastics class in the morning and a playground later while I trotted around the house cleaning it. Put all of the laundry away 🙌 Sunday- a birthday party for M, a 4 year old boy who has been L and R’s friend for a long time.
Downer: M’s mom is Russian and her mom lives with her and naturally helps out a lot. Then another mutual friend arrives, let’s call her N, with her mom in tow. So here we are, chatting in Russian, with A and N, and their moms right there and me, with no one. My mom hasn’t spoken to me since February of 2020 and made it clear she has no desire to keep in contact. So I was sitting there during M’s lovely 4th birthday party stewing with thoughts like “must be nice to have a mom that likes you.”
On Monday I felt very disheveled at work but managed to pull it together at the end of day. Students are working on Hispanic Brands project and are loving it! Three classes are completely finished 👍
The past few mornings have been hard with L not being able to get ready herself. ALL of her stuff was in her drawer, just open it, take out a shirt, tights, a skirt, put them on- done! “I neeeeeed haaaaaaaalp getting draaaaaaeeest 😭😭😭😭” meanwhile I need to get out of the door to make it to work with a little buffer of time. I was so frustrated yesterday where she just could not find the skirt that I KNEW was in the drawer because I PUT it there so I stomp upstairs, yank open the drawer, yank the skirt out, yell “what it this???” L is crying and I feel like crap. I go to work and cry on my way there because of my outburst.
T is away in Texas for a few days so it’s me and the kiddos. Yesterday was all good, picked up, brought them home, L did her homework, R played, I had green tea while keeping them both company. They were both in bed by 7:15pm. Me – in bed by 7:30 😜 with my Kindle.
Podcast recommendation: a great episode from Kim John Payne, the author of Simplicity Parenting– where he talked about how to respond when your child (specifically, a tween) is having a hard time making social connections.
Any frustrations you want to share with me? Leave a comment below.
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