Guess what I’ve been busying myself with? That’s right; lots
of work. And then the regular school work of course, house work (except for
laundry, which I’ve successfully ignored all week, resulting in everyone
looking a little… odd, at the store today), the 3-year old, social commitments,
and everything else that usually takes up my days. I tried to focus extra on every
boy one day each this week, and although I’m not sure it will always work, it
was a good strategic move, well needed at this time. August got a good shove in
English and Latin, as did William actually, and Abraham, who often is left to
work or play by himself while I work with the older boys (and then acts
accordingly, that is, he turns into an attention-seeking, mischievous, stubborn
out-of-tune-with-mama nightmare preschooler), got an entire day filled with
exciting activities and special, stimulating time with mama. This last day was
in fact the best invested hours I’ve spent in a long time. He turned into a
little angel, and tonight’s bedtime was a breeze.
We lasted the whole week – 7 days exactly – on the
$140-shopping we did last week. It’s wasn’t impossible, albeit a bit time
consuming and arduous, since making the kind of food from scratch that you end
up cooking when money is short, takes time and produces a lot of dishes (as
does trying to brush out my hair without conditioner, ha ha).
Today we went to Spinneys armed with our new bank cards, and
bought food for a couple of weeks, plus all those things we were holding back
on last time; cereal, bread (despite this fact: the problem with making your
own bread for a while, is that you realize how much tastier fresh home baked bread
is than store bought) hot dogs, sandwich meat, condiments, foil, nuts, coconuts
(yes, my boys not only look a little odd sometimes, but also have some peculiar
favorite foods), conditioner (yes!), fabric softener, tortillas, sea food, etc.
We’re armed for a good weekend filled with some work, rest, exercise,
and fun.
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