Today, Wednesday, is the day I go to my friend R’s house for LifeGroup (Bible Study). It’s the only time I get to have adult conversation except for Story Time at the library and while working out at Curves.
I look forward to Wednesday because I get to visit with R, have a cup of tea, and visit with other women while E is snuggled on R’s couch watching TV. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to go to R’s for three weeks. Three weeks! The first week R was sick, the second week my kids were sick, and today…today my eldest learned how to work the system. (I think. I’ll feel bad if I’m wrong.)
An hour and half before it was time for me to leave the school nurse calls. N has been itching/scratching nonstop and thinks N would be more comfortable at home. So I pick N up, bring him home, give him Benedryl, and make him take an oatmeal bath.
Guess what? N was just fine. I watched him all day long and didn’t see him scratch once. It could be because of the benedryl and the bath but I’m not convinced. I was going to take him to R’s house with me but decided to be good mom and stay home. You know, just in case something is wrong with N and I didn’t want to take the chance of N overhearing our conversation and repeating it. Ok, that was the main reason. I was afraid that by having N there the other women wouldn’t open up. There’s a big difference between having a 3 yo there than having a 10 yo there.
So….N is home. My day is not going the way I planned and N thinks he gets to come home and play. Umm…nope son I don’t think so. N had to do the work that came home from school plus read plus do the math sheets I got for him. Basically, he had to do school while he was at home. When it was time for his school to let out I let him be done. Then, when it was time for homework I made him read and do math again. (Every evening the kids read for 20 minutes and do math facts for 10 minutes.) He didn’t really like that but I didn’t really care. (Well, I did care but wasn’t going to let him know that.)
Hopefully, by not letting him have fun he will think twice before trying to get out of school. Although, if he really was itchy it stopped and it didn’t hurt him to do school at home.
Wow. This post so didn’t turn out the way I had planned. I started being upset because I didn’t get to go see my friend and somehow it turned into not letting my son have fun because he came home from school.
So, where do I go from here? I’m not sure. I know N will go to school tomorrow and I’ll go get my hair cut. I’m excited about getting my hair cut and styled. I had to cancel last week because I had sick kids so I’m really hoping no one gets sick tomorrow.
Please everyone stay well. Please.
