Though I know many people detested homeschool and the challenges that it presented, I on the other hand greatly enjoyed educating my children from home and will rather miss our time together now that homeschool has come to an end. It’s going to be a bit weird without the kids now that I’m part-time and Dad is no longer. I dropped my hours in early October time so that I could care for my Dad and help my Mum during Dad’s illness but now that he’s no longer with us it leaves me at a bit of a loose end…
I’m sure I’ll find plenty to do around the house once lockdown is over and who knows, I may even get to enjoy luxuries such as trips to the shops, hairdressers appointments, or maybe a coffee and catch up with a friend. Still, I’ll miss the kids – it’ll be so quiet without them around! On the bright side, I may just get to enjoy a little peace and quiet in the hot tub without the giggles, screams, and splashes that endlessly erupt when J & E jump in.
At least now the kids are back at school they get to spend a little time apart, here’s hoping that time should reduce the tension a little and allow each of them to spend time with their own friends rather than driving each other up the wall. With a little luck, our house may be fractionally more harmonious than over the past few weeks when I’ve felt very much like a referee calming their tempers as they’ve bickered over the most trivial of matters. I blame lockdown as they’ve been stuck in the same four walls, under the same roof for almost a year now and it’s just not normal!
It won’t be too long and we’ll be celebrating Easter and enjoying a fortnight without the worries of school, homeschool, or such-like. Here’s hoping that the next few weeks go well and that the virus continues to dwindle and that we are able to return to some sort of normality.
