Monday, 7 November 2011

That Sunday night feeling!

For the first time in years I got that Sunday night feeling!  You know that feeling?  When the freedom of a weekend of no alarms and relatively little structure is at an end and responsibilities are back!  That liberating feeling of the benefits of home schooling from Friday afternoon with the other home schooling families has faded and the reality that I have to teach S is back!

Today was definitely at a slower pace and went well.  S's dad was on his day off so took him out first thing for some messages and then later in the morning did some P.E with him (football in the garden!).  We punctuated this in the house with some spelling, reading and maths but took our maths outside today to do some addition and subtraction up and down the garden path!  I had planned to do something artistic and crafty in the afternoon but the morning's maths session flagged up quite a difficulty with telling the time so I spent the time making clocks!!

Not to keep complaining about it but I am so tired once again!!  I am so hopeful that soon I will be able to prepare for S quickly, tidy my house quickly and manage to either properly relax or maybe catch up with some other people!  Just now I have a pile of books waiting to be read, thank you letters waiting to be addressed and posted (story of my life really!!), various piles of stuff to be sorted in the house and people to get in touch with!  My eyes sting and my head is buzzing in a very busy type of a way!  It reminds me of an illustration given when I started teacher training - of a person in the sea in a rubber ring; looking quite calm on the outside but under the water the person's legs are going ten to the dozen in order to keep afloat!

However in the middle of the day I had some real calming moments.  S is definitely beginning to become more content within himself.  The pressure is disappearing of having to go to school each day and survive the demands of the classroom and the playground.  That contentment is lovely to see.  I also put some music on today and listened twice to "Amazing Grace".  It is hard not to feel calm hearing that song!  It is stunning!  It puts everything into perspective for me even when I am so tired; when things can look very out of perspective! 

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