I am feeling bad for Middle Child. He can get through how many pages he is supposed to get through. Catch up… is brutal. He just doesn’t want to and his brain shuts down. He may be back to screen time by puberty.

Oh, after we got back from Mexico he stopped doing math. After watching his sister be in trouble for weeks. I just…

I need to be watching them more closely. This is my fault. I am getting overwhelmed and not babysitting their work enough. That’s totally my fault.

But! I’ve been watching closely for the past couple of weeks! I’m checking in constantly at this point. No more slipping. He missed like two weeks. But if he really refuses to do a single extra page in a day…. being only two weeks behind is a lot. So me missing two weeks when we got back I feel a little bad about but not that bad. I mean, if I really have to sit on your neck like a poisonous toad we have problems.

I am feeling pretty dang confident in “You can use the screen for mandatory school activities and no fun until you catch up.” It’s motivating because they want to play video games and they can’t right now. Not motivating enough for them to catch up…. but hey. They are working hard and doing a lot, I don’t want to make it sound like they are doing nothing. But not quite enough.

I am having a hard time with physical therapy needing to be an hour drive away twice a week. But, if I can make my body feel better it is worthwhile. Let’s just hope. Ugh. Don’t wanna drive.

I just got all the billing for the last year of chiropractic care for me, Noah, and EC. Over $600. I think it is professional to send these bills out a bit more often. Sheesh. (Noah, don’t you dare feel like you should stop. Your bill was $30.)

Beautiful asked if I was up for seeing people and I totally am. I’m lazy as fuck and I’m not sure how much I want to drag my kids all over the bay…. but I’d love to see people. We can’t get together at a park because we can’t breathe… so uhhh….. All bad.

So if you have any interest in coming over for dinner or something… you have till January. Then we are gone.

Time is running out.