Another cold start. Press ups on the grass are definitely cold on the hands.
Now set into the daily school at home routine. That’s a better way to describe it. It’s not true homeschooling – its schools version of remote learning.
- 6:30am – start daily exercise (weights, or army fitness, or exercise bike or running round the little garden)
- 7:30am – try to get as many home cleaning tasks done
- 8:00am – Son gets up and has breakfast
- 8:30am – log onto school system and check school messages
- 8:40am – register for first lesson and complete tasks
- 9:55am – load completed tasks
- 10:15am – register for second lesson and complete tasks
- 11:25am – load completed tasks
- 11:35am – register for third lesson and complete tasks
- 12:45pm – load completed tasks
- 12:50pm – take dog for one walk of the day
- 1:00pm – outside for talk with son
- 1:40pm – serve lunch
- 1:55pm – register for final lesson and complete tasks
- 3:10pm – load completed tasks and log off
- 3.20pm – start to breathe and play football
“Dad I’m thinking about going Lennon and Yoko tomorrow. Might stay in bed and do the complete school day from there.”
“What are you protesting about then?”
“I’m working on that. Maybe the excessive use of red pen at school. Maybe the shortages of baked beans.”
Maybe I can ask one of the important people making daily contact with me. I’ve never had so many Chief Executives and Business Leaders speaking to me. It’s a daily stream of emails wishing me well and informing me of their evolving plans. Our most senior doctors and scientist are giving me helpful advice. Even the PM and the Government are sending me text messages.
It’s suddenly great to be valued and important. I wonder how long this will last. Will it last as long as Son’s bed protest.
I guess I can start calling my depressive bed Fort Blankie days ‘protests’ and figure out what I am protesting later. Kids are fabulous, aren’t they?
Good luck to you both with the protest and being so in demand. 🙂
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Yes I’m going for protesting at the price of LPs during my college days….
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A bed protest!! He’s hilarious!!
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It’s the way forward.
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Seems like a good routine.
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Would be even better if they built more time in for creativity and fun.
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That’s so true.
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He does know they did their ‘bed in’ completely naked right?😂😂
This is awful, but I’m thankful the virus has ended the gazillions of calls & texts I got daily from one political campaign or the other. My only rings from people I know. Its awesome!
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He does. Called it unhygienic. Are you smiling today. x
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I am now!😂 unhygienic… 🤣
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Says it all. x
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I love that he calls it “Lennon and Yoko”,lol
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I’m surprised he’s heard of Yoko. x
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Me too!lol
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That schedule soundsmore like prison than school. Is this schedule for 5 days a week. A bed-in is right on target. Protest forced staring at a computer screen for hours a day. He won’t have good eyesight for long.
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Yes no time for fun and creativity, basically just like school.
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You are, as always, making the best of it.
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That’s all we can do.
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Why do you do press ups on the cold grass? Do you like to torcher yourself, or does this help to wake you up?
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It’s softer than the pavement. I’ve still got really soft hands so they don’t like rough ground. I find torture is a cheaper version of a Yoga.
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Red pens or baked beans 🙂 You go, son!
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He’s definitely got his finger on the pulse of life
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Wow, your son knows a lot about the 70s… lol.
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More than me
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😂😂
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🙏
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How old is your son?
That seems like a very strict (and boring!) routine. Mine have just been set work to do and I don’t think it even has to be submitted. The eldest has GCSE’s next year and I thought they’d be wanting to see more work and check it was getting done but it seems not.
At least you have 2 days unshackled from ‘home school’ xx
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just gone 13. Are you doing anything exciting this weekend or is a relaxing one – hopefully . xx
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I’m going to try very hard not to work. I’m thinking I might pull out a few board games and get the boys away from their screens for a while. Definitely a run. I might try Joe Wicks too.
Back in the hospital on Monday
How about you? X
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Letting son have a sleep in this weekend. Just run round the garden for 53 minutes so bright red. Just going to try and make it fun for son when he gets up. Look after yourself. x
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I’ve been cleaning. Woke up with anxiety levels high for some reason!! Cleaning helps. Off for a run soon. A fun day sounds good. Looking forward to reading about what you get up to 🙂 x
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Hope your run is great. Here it’s certainly not running short weather. I’m about to start cleaning. x
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It was freezing not good. Ran 4 miles and walked one. Bracing wind but felt refreshed. Cleaning the cutlery drawers later!!! Exciting times ☺️
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So pleased you got a run. Hopefully we will both keep it up. I cleaned the microwave….
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Ooh now there’s an idea. Next on my list!
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It’s a winner….
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Oh and I meant ‘but good’ 🙈
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I hope your house is well cleaned now.
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Getting there. I’m getting a little obsessive about sorting out cupboards and drawers so it’s slowing me down …
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By the way, don’t forget the clocks go forward tonight. Not that it’ll make much of a difference to any of us tomorrow!!! X
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I spent time last night then we got a power cut over night and it’s clock carnage. x
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What time is it in your house now? 12.35 in the lounge, 1.35 in the kitchen, 11.35 in the bedroom and no time at all in the loo?!!!
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Most of those. We have 7 clocks at different times. When it stops being yucky outside going to get the car time and set to that.
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The time travelling house!
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Now that would be a great laugh.
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Brilliant.
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🙏
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Well that is a schedule …. exhausting but it fills your day. Wish I was busy as you two.
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It is a blessing in many ways. Sending you hugs x
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Man, I love your kid’s mind!!
That school schedule seems like a lot. I can’t imagine how any working-from-home families are managing!!
I saw that Boris is infected. Can you get him to fly over to infect dotard?
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It’s frustrating he’s seems to have passed it on to the more able members of the team, the dimbats are fine so far.
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Yes, such a blessing. Thank you so much for the hugs. Oh and I like that he knew of Lennon and Yoko. My mom loved Lennon so growing up she played a lot of his music and with Yoko she you had to get use to. One of my favorite songs is Imagine. I have it on my playlist.
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It’s so beautiful. Lennon was one of those you remember exactly where you were when you heard he had died.
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Yes definitely 😌
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Looks like your local school got things up and running after a fashion.
Here in Ontario (Canada) the public school kids are having home / schooling without the school portion.
Not sure how the parents are thinking about it.
Our prime minister has been quarantined and house bound for 2 weeks since his wife tested positive. Been increasing the measures every day with an 11:00 address to the nation for almost 10 days running.
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It feels the same here. Basically out top three running the pandemic project have it now. Can’t see kids going back to school anytime before September. If they do then I will be questioning that call.
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