Man so much is going on and yet nothing is happening all at the same time.
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School: so far, so good! I’m happy to report school is going well. Having much smaller class sizes is definitely helpful. I see most classes 2Xs/week and my kindergarten classes are already reading rhythms. Kids are great about wearing the masks and keeping their distance. My schedule isn’t insane. I wish more of my remote students would do the work I assign, but honestly it’s less for me to grade so whatever. No ensembles, trying to get some of my orchestra kids to do virtual lessons, but we’ll see.
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The kids are great. Freddie has adjusted to kindergarten really well. His teacher gives me a good report every day. He’s better for me in class this year than last. I’m so proud of him. Vivi loves daycare and is so silly. She makes me laugh every day. I don’t feel so rushed in the afternoons with them and we actually get time to spend together, which is nice.
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I feel calmer than I did a few months ago. Yes I have my anxious moments, but overall I’m feeling happier and calmer. I feel like there isn’t as much in my shoulders and I can relax. I’m still having by difficulty winding down at the end of the day, which is causing for some tired mornings. Just by the time both kids go to bed and I finish my exercises and getting things ready for the next day, I still don’t have a ton of time. But life feels more manageable.
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I’m in physical therapy for my left hip/knee/leg and abs. It’s helping, sort of. I feel my butt muscles getting stronger, but I still need to loose weight and I’m still having pain, especially in my butt and my left knee. Hopefully it’ll start turning around a little faster. Just gotta stay on top of these exercises.
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Dann is good. Waiting to hear from his company if they’re going to change the schedule to a 4 day work week and if it’s going to be 2 days on, 1 day off, 2 days on, 2 days off and rotating. If it’s a rotating schedule like that, he’s going to need to start looking to be hired directly from a funeral home instead of by operations from SCI. Right now, he is a funeral director for the umbrella company SCI in the operations department. They send him wherever a funeral home needs him that day and he does everything from making arrangements, to leading funerals, to preparing the dead. If he works directly for a funeral home, he would report there every day and get paid through them. He’d have a more set schedule and job description. He’s looking into management soon anyway, so it might work out.
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We might be getting my in-laws house in Queens. My MIL dropped the house bomb on Dann yesterday, but we don’t know all the details. We don’t know if we’d be buying it from them or renting or what. My FIL should be talking to us soon, but we don’t know when that is. But progress has been made on the house and my MIL should be coming up the help paint soon. Again, no idea when that is because they don’t ever give details. (Ashley, do not say anything to anyone please! We’re not talking to anyone about it, not even mom, but I needed to put it down somewhere…so shhh lol). So we’ll see. Hopefully we can afford it. Then I’ll have my own house for my kids to grow up in, with a yard and a driveway and storage space. We’d be set for life. Finger crossed.
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Since the pandemic hit, I’ve been seeking out new music. If you have any good ideas, send them my way. Currently listening to Kings of Leon on shuffle. Remembering some great old songs and hearing some new stuff that apparently I’ve missed since I started teaching. I gotta remember not to listen to new stuff before bed though. Keeps me up. But I need to listen to more music and write and play my instruments. Can’t loose myself in being a teacher and a mom. I still need to be me. You don’t realize how much of yourself you loose when you become a parent. And a teacher. I just want to continue to be me. I feel like I’m finally coming back.
Alright I really should go to bed. One more early rise and then it’s the weekend. Later!
~mama~
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