Week 2, Day 5 of School Without Mama

Two different Stephens were at school today. During the first hour, Stephen Crier-Screamer was in attendance. During the second hour, Stephen Happy-Spaz took the first Stephen’s place. The teachers were dumbfounded.

Like , , and , the teachers think our current schedule of four days out and three days in school per week is unbalanced. So this week, Stephen will go to school on Friday and next week, he will go Monday through Friday (as opposed to the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday schedule I had planned). Then we’ll be in California for a while and he won’t return to school until the start of the second term in November. It’s not ideal, but hopefully we’ll see more of Stephen Happy-Spaz than Stephen Crier-Screamer as time goes on.

As for me, I’ve gained an extra four hours for a total of ten hours free per week. Not quite sure what I’m going to do with myself. On days like today when I didn’t have anything planned with friends, I shopped for groceries, wrote four blog posts, made some jello for Stephen, and generally felt at loose ends. Never knew I could get so much done in just a couple of hours.

Once we return from our month-long holiday, I’ll have to buckle down. Perhaps I’ll start consulting again and take the plunge into other freelance writing opportunities. I feel queasy just thinking about it.

Cottontimer Stay-At-Home-Mom will have to invite Cottontimer Kickass-Wage Earner over for breakfast soon.