We have spring break this week which means no distance learning.
This is both good and bad.
It’s good because there are no schoolwork freak outs.
But it’s bad because when the structure of the school day goes, so does a lot of other stuff.
Today being the day after Easter and the first day of spring break and a stormy, super rainy day here in CT, combined with a couple other things including the fact that my vacuum cleaner broke three days ago and we have an issue with the roof over the mudroom so when it’s rainy and windy outside it rains INSIDE my laundry room and that makes it hard to sort laundry since there was a huge container collecing water directly in front of the washer and dryer.
So I gave everyone the day off of everything.
I also slept in later than normal just to give myself a gift, and the only thing that ended up happening was that I woke up feeling behind and things just got progressively worse as the day went on.
One of the kids was WAY off the rails and had multiple level 10 Code RED meltdowns, I was so distracted I made two pretty major mess ups when sending out emails to a few thousand people today, and I didn’t even get to writing the blog post I was supposed to write.
But I have written 31 consecutive blog posts and I am not going down today because I failed to stick to my routine and my plan, dammit.
So this blog post serves as a reminder to myself (and maybe to some of you) that a little structure goes a long way.
Even on vacation.
Or perhaps it’s especially on vacation.
I’m not going to beat myself up over it.
Days like these are so great for showing you what works for you and what doesn’t.
No structure at all does not work for us.
It just doesn’t.
So now I’m going to watch Little House On The Prairie with the kids, hit the reset button, and get back on track first thing tomorrow morning with some structure, routine, and predictability for me and for my kids.
Because that’s what works for us.
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