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Dear Lorenzo,
It's 4:07 p.m. and I'm exhausted.
Eyes half-closed, jealous of my snoring dog, counting-down-the minutes-until-the-clock-strikes-5:00-p.m.-and-I can-logout-of-my-work-laptop-for-the-day, EXHAUSTED.
We're in the midst of a pandemic that has brought to a halt the world as we know it.
In the wake of an illness known as the Coronavirus (and why they named this lethal shit after my third favorite beer is beyond me), schools and businesses have shut down, and states across the country have issued stay-at-home orders in an effort to reduce the spread of this disease.
I've been working full-time from home for the past several weeks now and while it's a blessing for which I am INCREDIBLY grateful, the combination of work and helping Amira with her eLearning has been brutal.
Much to Amira's delight, what little cooking I did in the past has gone straight out the window and suffice it to say, I've done more than my fair share of keeping our local restaurants in business.
By the time I finish work for the day and Amira finishes eating dinner #1 (you definitely don't need a paternity test for this greedy ass kid because both her appetite and sense of humour are ALL you) homework time begins. As always Mira starts out with her favorite subject, Math, then logs into websites like Membean and Flocabulary to work on her Social Studies and English skills respectively. By the time we get to her 30 minutes of reading a night, I'm fast asleep.
(Did I mention that I'm exhausted yet?)
But regardless, I'm still here. Still working out, still writing, still doing my best to maintain some sense of order in this, our new normal.
And while I'm pretty sure I won't be receiving any mother of the year awards anytime soon...I'm doing the very best I can.
It's 4:07 p.m. and I'm exhausted.
Eyes half-closed, jealous of my snoring dog, counting-down-the minutes-until-the-clock-strikes-5:00-p.m.-and-I can-logout-of-my-work-laptop-for-the-day, EXHAUSTED.
We're in the midst of a pandemic that has brought to a halt the world as we know it.
In the wake of an illness known as the Coronavirus (and why they named this lethal shit after my third favorite beer is beyond me), schools and businesses have shut down, and states across the country have issued stay-at-home orders in an effort to reduce the spread of this disease.
I've been working full-time from home for the past several weeks now and while it's a blessing for which I am INCREDIBLY grateful, the combination of work and helping Amira with her eLearning has been brutal.
Much to Amira's delight, what little cooking I did in the past has gone straight out the window and suffice it to say, I've done more than my fair share of keeping our local restaurants in business.
By the time I finish work for the day and Amira finishes eating dinner #1 (you definitely don't need a paternity test for this greedy ass kid because both her appetite and sense of humour are ALL you) homework time begins. As always Mira starts out with her favorite subject, Math, then logs into websites like Membean and Flocabulary to work on her Social Studies and English skills respectively. By the time we get to her 30 minutes of reading a night, I'm fast asleep.
(Did I mention that I'm exhausted yet?)
But regardless, I'm still here. Still working out, still writing, still doing my best to maintain some sense of order in this, our new normal.
And while I'm pretty sure I won't be receiving any mother of the year awards anytime soon...I'm doing the very best I can.
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