Mondays truly are the hardest days in our homeschooling journey.

I don’t know why it’s so difficult but historically is always the same with neither one of us being at our best. 

Since we already do a four day a week schedule, something had to give…

Yesterday it hit me, Why not Make Mondays, Backwards…

I got dressed in a very casual leggings, tunic and sneakers outfit 

and suggested my teen come for a walk with me to the Dollar Store.

It’s about a 15 minute walk and we had a beautiful ( yet windy) 72 degrees and sunny day. 

Homeschooling can be done 24 hours a day, so why do we have to start when he finally rolled out of bed at noon?  

I did mention the windy day, didn’t I?  

Every picture I took in front of the tree had my hair like this, lol.  

It was my first picture of the series, so it was nice to see it calmed down.  

It was also nice to see my teen son (16 in April) embrace my idea and join me for the walk. 

We bought two trash cans for his room, one to put beside the new desk we assmebled over the weekend, 

and one to put by his bed.   He and his father both have this water bottle issue so one right by the bed was a must! 

I am happy to report that my idea worked brilliantly and when we returned from our outing, 

he completed his assignments scheduled for the day with no problem

and not dragging like he normally does on Mondays. 

I think that about half my job as a mother is taking problems and finding solutions and after 

29 years as a mother and 4 kids, I am proud to say, I’ve developed quite a knack for problem solving

and have gained quite a bit of respect from my children who benefit from it. 

Self care

Well of course a walk in the sunlight was my self care of the day, because I certainly needed it. I struggle sometimes with lack of sunlight and really should have gotten off my butt and taken care of that issue this winter season.I think the sleep disorder and menopausal stuff made this year a bit more difficult.       I talked a big game about getting myself a sunlight therapy lamp and finally on my walk realized even though winter is almost over, there are always cloudy days year round that I could benefit from having a solution to and I hit up Amazon first thing this Tuesday morning and purchased it.  I actually asked DH to check Sam’s Club for the one we’d seen earlier in the season and last night he informed me they were sold out.  He knows I need it and suggested immediately that I check out online for one.  I am grateful for his support.   

Gratitude

I am grateful for my walk with my son yesterday as it reminds me so much of walks with my father. 

I am grateful that my idea worked and that we had a peaceful afternoon, without me having to nag, lol. 

I am grateful for the joy of college Spring Break and the countdown we are doing until the two away are home on Friday. 

I am grateful for sunshine and warmer weather, we have one more day of it before we drop back to the 50’s and 40’s.