Yes..TWO weeks of spring break for the kids, which then rolls into the Easter long weekend. I haven’t scoped the next Budget Days or Professional Development Days. I am sure there are probably more days off than actual school days left till June though, thanks to the budget troubles of the VSB.
I have really felt the Work At Home crunch this time….I have many irons in the fire at the moment and chucking in ‘MOM ENTERTAIN US’ into it has made the juggling act that more complicated.
I also think it is tough on the kids. Adam WAS very focused on a project at school and I can see that his rhythm is off now and no matter what we ‘work’ on at home….the routine is not there and it will take him the next week to get back into things.
Everyone seems extra moody..even when I am ‘doing’ stuff with them.
And that is the problem….my kids….especially my boy seem to NEED 100% us all the time. No matter how much you schedule and try to juggle all the balls of kids, work, relationships, friendships, ME time….someone seems to get upset.
I THOUGHT I was doing good at stepping away from my projects to give them the time….but the moodiness says otherwise.
But there is only so much to give of me.
Without losing me….there are things in life I need apart from the love of my kids….which is a HUGE part…but still just a part of what I need to be me and to be a happy me.
I LOVE being a stay at home mom…..but I also have other ideas and dreams….beyond just wishing for MORE MONEY…..we are always evolving and changing…..human beings don’t stay static…..I don’t…..I change and keep growing…..I just don’t want it to be hard on the ones I love.
Time for ice cream.
You and me both, sister. It’s been a hard transition lately. Every morning, K comes into my room and asks if he can go back to school. Soon. Soon.
my college runs on semesters so i’m technically still at school while my wee guy is on Spring Break.
last week he ‘came to work with me’ as i taught a teens workshop at the local arts centre (he spent the time at the clay camp in the basement). he also spent 30 mins in the computer lab at college as i caught up with some paperwork.
but this week – i only have two days of college. thought i had arranged yesterday with his dad then found out that dad expected to work the whole day, leaving wee guy to fend for his 7y old self in the house while daddy takes business calls. this is childcare according to my partner. luckily thursday wee guy will be in spring break camp for my other college day.
otherwise spring break has been fitting in entertainment in the spare spaces in between. i’ve done no work (apart from craft camp and yesterday’s college) and the ‘inactivity’ is driving me nuts. next week will be a massive catch up session
Two weeks of Spring Break have been hard. It’s difficult to balance the time off when you work at home, honestly. Because I don’t get a Spring Break from my own stuff, even as I have my kids around that much more.