I’ll be honest, this basically says it best:
I was so good and set up my laptop and everything last night along with my son’s stuff for his first day of homeschooling. My craft room/sweatshop has turned into a one-room schoolhouse/home office. Here’s a pic:
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
After threatening my 11-year-old with groundation (which honestly wouldn’t look any different than our current circumstances) for whining over having to do school work, he began to work on his government homework and began to ask me questions. Today’s questions included:
- What’s a ballet (we realized he meant ballot)?
- What is democracy?
- What is a republic?
- What is a theocracy?
I’m pleased to say I aced all of the above. I only knew that I did, after Googling the items to ensure I got the answers right.
I’m royally fucked when he comes to me with a math problem as I tapped out with 2nd grade.
Let’s Go for a Little Drive
When I was young, my sisters and I found ourselves at our grandparents’ house for up to two weeks in the summer. Though we were excited at first to go, on day two, we were bored AF. They lived in the middle of nowhere on the Main strip of a town where the most exciting shop was a new stand.
After days of building club-houses, playing in the sprinkler and cutting my middle sister’s hair that landed me grounded, my grandmother would announce, “let’s go for a little ride.” Forty-five minutes later, we would be crossing over the Ohio-West Virginia border. In our mind, a little drive is three miles tops. Her’s was crossing state lines.
Today after working from home while playing teacher then making a dinner that had way too many things to cut, I was officially bored. I had looked at my laptop all day and needed to get out of the house. Suddenly I felt the need to take a little drive.
‘Am I turning into my grandmother? Is this what isolation does to you?’
I really, really, really wanted to go to the grocery store and watch the shit show that it is these days. We have enough supplies and I don’t need anything, I just want to watch. I decided against it though because they’re telling everyone to stay home so that’s what I’m doing.
So that was day one. What are your days like? Are you the little girl with the nerf gun?
Awesome first day to you!!
My days right now are STRUCTURED to the max just to get all my work done for Monday. Did you know it takes a thousand years for a 10 minute video to finish “processing” in google drive? I do! I uploaded videos this morning which are STILL processing!! 10 hours later!!!!
I make sure to take a lllooooonnnngggg walk right before lunch. 30-60 mins and then yoga before dinner. Exercise! Woot!
I’m sorry to hear that Google is taking that long. I wonder if the boys’ teachers are dealing with that too. Bet you weren’t taught how to teach during the apocalypse. LOL! But I must say you’re kinda the poster child of what you should be doing during this time: structure and exercise! Good for you! I’m on day 2 of working from home.
Haha if I didn’t have the structure I would go insane. Like on my weekends I just chill and watch tv and I have to take naps. This week no naps! Haven’t even felt tired until today. But today I squished 10 math lessons into 5 videos and recorded all 5 videos in an hour and a half. Omg I’m exhausted
sigh, the one light in our apartment that we cant change ourselves (the overhead in the kitchen) is on the verge of needing to be replaced but our complex doesnt deem that an emergency, so i have to hope i can get some kind of floor lamp delivered from somewhere during this fucking pandemic. on a better note, my job has me working every other day as a means of social distancing yet still getting paid for every day. My wife and i braved a walk today, ran to two grocery stores and still having stuff delivered from giant on the 30th, got tp from a friend and family member, as well as disinfectant from walgreens. Life is freakin peachy. Here is hoping some miracle occurs.
I want to comment on the toilet paper situation. Despite the president, officials and CEO’s claiming there isn’t a shortage, I want them to go to 10 different grocery stores and prove me wrong. The most basic things are gone: ketchup, pancakes, toilet paper, paper towels. If there isn’t a shortage, one must not line up at 6 am in front of the grocery store for toilet paper or search 5 different stores for supplies. I just don’t believe them. Good luck on your lamp! Worst case, find one on Craig’s list and meet them. Good luck and stay safe.
Naw, we have two desk lamps in the apt, so I aint gonna fret
Well that’s good!