Surviving the Domestic Jungle

Today is my daughter Avery’s last day of school and I am thrilled about it. I haven’t been this happy to have a summer since I was in school!! The reason I am so happy is that I can maybe, hopefully sleep in!! My children all keep such different hours that I have been tired for a very long time and being able to catch up on sleep, not have my day interrupted because I have to pick her up at 2:45 and not worry as much about the sicknesses she comes home with sounds like a dream come true. Im not sure what we will do all day everyday but we will find something. I was worried my daughter would forget everything she had learned but thankfully, her teacher is pretty on it and gave her two workbooks to do and when those are done, I will buy her some to keep her brain from turning into summertime mush! At first, I was unsure of her teacher and her school in general but she has learned so much and done so well, I have no worries. She is going to excel academically because she actually enjoys learning. She loves doing homework and writing and reading. Im sure as she ages it will lose its luster, but for now, she is into it. Thankfully her homework isnt too hard for me to do…yet! My mind does not do sciences and maths. I have a creative brain with a lust for history so I always got A’s in history (of any sort, world/us/Canada) English, arts etc. I could barely pass chemistry and maths. I just could not grasp it no matter how much I studied. My inability to do math and science well really hindered what I thought I could do for a “living”. I wanted to be an architect because of my love of homes and design but too much math. I ended up being a stay at home mom so no major loss I suppose. Soon enough I hope to have a job creating and designing. More on that later. I must get off here as her last day ends in 30 minutes and I need to get ready to get in the carpool lane..wont miss that!!