Dear Class,
I miss you! I've seen a few of you at the grocery store and received a few messages from others. Your smiles made my day! One of the only materials I had time to get to you was your journal, so I thought I'd lead by example and keep a journal of our days home. Here's a quick recap: Day 1: Tuesday was suppose to be a day to meet and prep work for you. I spent the day anxious and worried that you wouldn't have enough books to read or work to do. I also spent the day waiting, just like you, for information. I am not a patient person. This is apparently something I'm going to get a lot of practice in, whether I like it or not. Ha! At least the day was sunny, and my family was able to take the dogs on a walk. Anna fell off her scooter, so I ended up carrying it most of the time. I knew that was going to happen. Day 2: Wednesday I went to the grocery store. Having all of us home means we are going through food like crazy. The rain and gloomy weather is back. Ugh. I managed to pick up the house, make my bed, and do some other random chores...so there's that. I also made it to school to grab some books for Anna to read, some games to play, and my laptop. I left my two favorite plants with the office to babysit until we return. The other one was mostly dead anyway and not worth saving at this point! Day 3: Thursday I was exhausted mentally. I've spent so much time worrying about you and my family, that I was just drained. So I sat on my friends porch and we talked, and then Anna and I grabbed some time in the hot tub between storms. And that was about the extent of my day. My husband was thrilled with the state of the house when he returned home from work. Oops. Day 4: Friday! I ran to Walmart AGAIN. I've become an accidental hoarder. I kept looking for signs about limits on items, but I didn't see any specific number by the milk and the bread. As I was checking out they had a sign posted to please take no more than one item. It was too late at that point! I had two milks and three loaves of bread. I feel guilty, but a family of five does go through a lot of bread and milk. I'm sorry!! It also looked like I was doing a major shopping trip with two carts, but seriously, it's just how I shop. It's so much easier to load the bagged groceries into a new cart than try and get it all back in one. I'm not really worried about teaching my own kids this week. This is a traumatic event we are all experiencing right now. They play a few educational apps before they can play games. I kick them outside when it's not raining. And we all have to get dressed and brush teeth before we can eat lunch. Maybe next week we'll try and get on a schedule. We'll see. I miss you! Mrs. Smitley
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AuthorWelcome! I'm a second grade teacher in Marshall, Illinois who is now unexpectedly homeschooling my three kids while our schools are closed for the coronoa virus. While I've always wanted to homeschool, this was not how I wanted to do it! Archives
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