#covidmadness

[voletys]

SaiL aWaY thrOugH SeA teXturE., #covidmadness #backtomemorylane #stayhomesickness #photography #pictorial https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCQvtJjiirMxbfl0Wi7rbcOBmaHAI4ZsDJcLo0/?igshid=wit3hkts4qdu

[michaelbanak]

There is #lightattheendofthetunnel so #hanginthere #covidmadness #brightfuture #luckycountry #australia (at Hyde Park (park i Australien, New South Wales, lat -33,87, long 151,21)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUWnKhF39w/?igshid=94lgdl20ubyb

[shoshiface]

Get it together avocados. #smdh #covidmadness https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5aLtTDcNp/?igshid=4p9aydc79sob

[jlmckee13]

Too much good stuff happening here..

“So Corona...” Let me just count how many times in the past six days some stranger on a very unwelcome dating app on my phone has started our conversation this way. AHHH DELETE! I just can’t with this... I have Day #4 of #MommySchool to prepare for.

My body, which is sore and tired currently, still wakes up at 5:50/6:00 a.m. every morning.  Or maybe it is more my brain- my body doesn’t particularly want to move so I grab my phone like the rest of the world and get motivated while hitting the snooze button once a reasonable time starts to approach. 

I have tried to do those transformation weeks in the past where I pick one thing to change with my morning routine to be more productive than... well this... but I have settled (for now) that this is my “me time.” However, I digress...

So I started this Tumblr thing-a-ma-bob BECAUSEEEEE I got too much good stuff going on here in the ways of #MommySchool  and I feel like it’s time to share.  

First of all, some people might think I am crazy.  “Just let him sleep.” or “This poor kid.” and my favorite “You are walking in the RAIN!?” are just a couple tidbits from the peanut gallery I have had to let roll off of my back.

Second of all, I am fully aware that I am lucky in ways that I can pull this off. My son’s teachers have set us up with a ton of worksheets and work for the next two weeks. Some might get flustered but I say “WIN!” 

Also, on a personal note the two of us live with my parents. This single thirty-something mom is blessed with a roof over our heads until finances improve after my divorce and we make our village work here. Basically they let me be the mom I want to be. A passion that is unmatched in basically every other thing I have going for me.

My work has been great- and there is no added stress there financially or otherwise. I do also get a sense... that we might actually be missing each other. 

Finally, my thought is really... “Why not?”  I am really and truly not doing anything spectacular.  I am:

1.) Keeping our morning routines (Breakfast, vitamins, getting out of pjs)

2.) Following directions from his 1st Grade teachers (I feel like I can handle that...)

3.) Using the internet for ideas. ALOT! (I am NO guru!)

We all do it. Moms. Dads. Grandparents. Guardians. We spend time with these children- they get distracted and we try and use some “adult-wisdom” to bring them back to a task that will keep them distracted long enough to keep us sane. Some of us use cooking lessons. Some of us use video games. No judgement.  On here, however, I plan to let you know what I have pulled out of my magic hat because not only is it helping us get through this #COVIDmadness we have been having fun. 

Stay tuned for a recap from Day 1-3.  I hear my cherub awakening now...