shanvan Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I have just had one tedious little task after another getting in the way of supervising schoolwork today. first it was dealing with Unemployment, then not being able to find the login info for a dog owner whose dog Dd is going to show (and the owner has me taking care of the paperwork--oh, joy!). Then dealing with the state health insurance for kids and every time Dh calls they tell him the kids have to wait several months before they are covered and then I have to tell Dh that isn't true b/c he was laid off and therefore they are exempt from the waiting period. And then I have to bring it all up on the laptop to show him and he has to call back and they are less than helpful. Finally got to the laundry sorting after that. Then packaged curriculum to be shipped. I hope I am done with all the digging up of bits of information and can get on with lessons w/ Dd and finally have time to check in w/ Ds to see what he has done. Anyone else having one of those days? I really do feel like I am pulling my feet out of knee deep mud to make any progress today. And it is dark and rainy which also helps. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 No, but only because I promised the kids if we get school done and the house cleaned up by 1:30 we could go to the zoo and see the new King Cobra exhibit. Excellent motivation for a Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Yes. It is 10:32 and I just finished breakfast. I still haven't gotten dressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Yes, yes and yes! :scared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Wow, must be something in the water, sunspots, wrong phase of the moon... Same thing here. Everything we do seems to be taking twice as long as normal. At least dh sympathizes. Just took the little student to get some take out for lunch because we are behind. We *never* get take out for lunch.... FWIW, though I feel slow today, my kiddo is feeling it, too. Extends my sit-n-wait time between instructions/interactions, but I'm not really free to move on to something else of my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 So jealous. I want to go see a King Cobra exhibit. And yes, we are in mud up to our armpits as far as slogging through the school day goes. We opted to tackle Math and Latin first out of the gate this morning, and it left us too tired to do more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Yep, definitely seeing it in the Dc too. Dd had to be monitored and told repeatedly to move along to her science earlier. First she decided she was going to show her work to her dog. "Look what Miles thinks of this.." as she holds up notepaper w/ slobber on it. Next the hugging and general adoring of her dog, followed by "Oh, wow! Look at that pen. I think I'd blah, blah, blah...(more nonsense about a pen). Told her it's just a pen move along for crying out loud I am not in the mood. Just finished going over assignments w/ Ds who is announcing to me that he will NOT allow school to interfere with his life. Hmmm...maybe I should decide the same? Guess who is cleaning my kitchen floor tonight on top of finishing up his school work. Oh, yeah. It was a great day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plath Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Yes but I have a three week old and the two older children so wonderfully woke up at 6 am this morning. Ugh. I'm exhausted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Today was our first day back to school. So yes. I had to drag the kids along on every little thing - and we only did basics as a warm-up!! Not fun, be we DID accomplish what I had set up for today, so I'll call it a productive day. Now, to get to the housework. Ugh.the kitchen counters have bred a mess throughout the day - I need to find them under the junk to make supper!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 So jealous. I want to go see a King Cobra exhibit.It was a bit of a disappointment. The exhibit itself was neat, but the snake just looked like a snake, curled up in the corner doing its snake thing. I don't know what we were expecting - maybe a snake charmer with a basket. Of course the zoo-keepers were rather excited about it. But, we did have a nice afternoon at the zoo overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Ds 12 complained of sore throat, stuffy nose all morning so I gave him some cold meds at lunch. Not sure what I was thinking because about a half hour after lunch his twin came to tell me that ds was asleep in his bed! We still had Latin to do and I did not want to put that off until tomorrow. So I took the time to clean the boys bathroom, woke him up and we watched our Latin dvd where I proceeded to nod off once or twice without the benefit of cold meds! But, we got it done;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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