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I realize I haven't been posting here in Lj land. But I haven't really been posting extensively anywhere. The MS episode is still lingering and the docs don't know what to tell me beside "this too shall pass". So I am dragging from point to point and trying to nap when I can.
I am also trying to ride herd on two children who have hit school work burn-out long before it normally occurs. I am rather unsympathetic, since there is way less work here than they ever had in the past. And the nuns that taught me would have been horrified at the minimal amounts the children seem to be assigned. I found myself thinking "time to learn off 40 pages of the Nautical Almanack" while envisioning Sister Marie Magdalena dressed like Aunt Fidget Wonkum-Strong.from the Russel Hoban books. Then I get a maniacal grin and the kids ask if I've taken my meds because if not, I should.
Between trying to guide the kids back to their desks or the kitchen table without making the demand of "You'll get this Done because I Said So!" or banging my head on the wall out of frustration, I am finding myself starting the spring cleaning way early. Maybe it is some sort of subconscious need to scrub out the irritating. At least it means the house is pretty clean.
The kids are still irritating though.
But I refuse to do the work for them....and I refuse to hover. So I get to fuss silently in another part of the room, or another part of the house.
Now- it is time to suggest yet again that homework needs to be worked on. My goal is to have them actually finished with everything before 8pm tonight without the last minute panic they cause when they wait until 7pm to start. Monday is going to be here tomorrow...which is just way too soon to suit.