April 22, 2024 - Monday


I don't even know what to say about today. It kind of sucked? But it wasn't terrible. We worked on the kids' tri-fold boards for the academic fair on Thursday ALL morning. We made a lot of progress, but I'm basically having to do Ollie's for her, since she can't read or write. 😑 Around noon, I took Jonas to a science fair and meeting for a 7th grade and up co-op that focuses on language arts and science. The science fair was super cool, but the leaders of this co-op are not very...charismatic, and the meeting was pretty terrible. When it was time to leave, Jonas said, "I want to get out of here. Immediately. I hate this place." So...now I have an uphill battle if Ben and I decide that this is the best route for him. I think I'm fine with him continuing on next year in the same way we've been going this year, but I'm not really sure. The entire drive home, Jonas complained about all of the things he didn't like and, I had to admit, they were all spot on. These ladies truly did not do much to sell membership to this co-op! We'll need to spend some time thinking about praying about it. 

When I got home, it was already 3:30 and I felt like I wasted the entire afternoon. It feels like a huge sacrifice, honestly! I have so many things competing for my attention right now, and I took Jonas to a meeting for a co-op that he hated, instead of doing any of those important things. *sigh* I was super frustrated about it and ended up sending the kids up to a quiet time so that I could have some space to unwind for an hour. I cooked dinner and now I have a knot in my stomach about going to HC. (I've also had some stomach "issues" today, so that's probably contributing.) It's my turn, but I'm just SO overwhelmed with all of the undone tasks! It'll be fine. I know it'll be fine if I can just get out of my head. I need to leave here in 15. Here we go. 



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