Back to School Interruption
The kids are back in school…well in my case the kid is back in school. Only this year we’re having to drive him to & fro every day…twenty minutes each way. Needless to say, that swallows up a good portion of our day…what we used to save in “commuting” back and forth to work is now spent driving back and forth to school.
And since the kids are back in school…our steady play date has left us. For the past two months we’ve enjoyed one of the local high school students coming over and playing with our 2- and 3-year olds for four hours a day, five days a week, enabling us to get some work done during the day in addition to the wee-hour schedule we’ve been keeping. And now she’s gone.
And that cute little baby I brought into the world last month is growing…and growing…and growing. Thankfully he’s sleeping for longer stints at night, but he still wants to eat during the day every 2-3 hours. This puts a damper on my to-do list since I’m nursing…I’m the only who can feed him and it’s hard for me to sit still for 20-30 minutes while daylight is burning, knowing how much work needs to get done.
So, needless to say this week has been tough. I’m trying to maintain some sort of work schedule and keep the younger ones stimulated without plopping them down in front of the boob tube all day long. We’ve been doing lots of laundry. Unfortunately the boob tube won out more than I’d like, but I expect to change that for next week.
My oldest is off from school tomorrow, so I’m going to take advantage of the time not spent “commuting” and conspire to get him to play with the kids for a few hours while I duck out into my office during the daylight. Hopefully those few “work hours” will not be during one of the baby’s feeding frenzies, and I can actually accomplish something worthwhile…like figuring out how to get back to work once he goes back to school on Monday!
Posted: August 24th, 2007 under Family, Working Online.
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October 31st, 2007 at 8:27 am
I believe that driving you kid back and forth to school is well worth the time. As your child gets older, this may be the only time that they will open up and tell you about the events and their class mates, basically when they get home, it time for home work, talking with friends and so on. So think of the time driving as your time together.
Have fun, my daughter just turned 13 and every moment we spend together is good.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:16 am
Thank you Joanne, for bringing up a very good point.
My husband and I take turns driving back & forth to school. I do the morning shift and he does the afternoon. It actually works out well for me for two reasons:
1. I have alone time with my son to talk about more grown up stuff, and we do. Plus, it is very rare for us to have complete one-on-one time without the distraction of my laptop.
2. I have time to think to myself without any distractions on the way back. I just have to be alert enough to not miss my turns.
Since I initially wrote this post, I’ve actually come to look forward to making this morning commute each day. Thanks for bringing this back to my attention.