Midday July. Perfect summer weather.Will the weather pick up before the six week school holiday which starts towards the end of this month.
Six week seems a lot of time to fill but in practice it never is. It’s not because the days always fly past regardless of whether you fill them with activities or you don’t. That’s the risk, it could end up with just six weeks of vegetation. Especially with the ongoing pandemic and Hawklads anxieties and fears. Super especially if the weather stays like this.
But here’s the thing. Maybe six weeks of vegetation is what Hawklad needs.
I wonder just how many parents are pondering the same summer conundrum.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Vegetation isn’t always nonproductive. Everything needs a dormant time–to ponder and grow. And imagine.
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That’s true
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My daughter insists on in person attendance and I am grateful she is able to do it. 10 weeks vacation is killing her. Myself,I liked it better during lockdown. So I relate to Hawklad on some level. If he needs to vegetate 6 weeks,so be it. Most of us are new to pandemic living so it really is finding a balance and what individuals are comfortable doing.
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Finding a balance is difficult sometimes
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Veggin out is a perfect use of time! Daydreaming exercises the imagination. Something his school is sorely lacking in😉
You should do some Veggin too. Or maybe some actual sleeping 😴
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Totally, I wonder if putting technology down at a set time, none in the bedroom and then going to bed at a set time, well I wonder if that would help BABASP to eventually get some sleep? Maybe not tonight, maybe not tomorrow night, maybe not this week, but the body might revert to the sleep setting. Of course without the technology to the lure BABASP into looking at what we think and say… BABASP could listen to BABASP, BABASP could mantra some positive vibes e.g. ~ “The roses are bloomin’ beautiful” ~ “I’m so loved” ~ “I invite peaceful sleep”…
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It’s odd I sometimes fall asleep quicker when looking at a tablet. The quiet has a tendency to get my brain racing too much
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Yeah, I know how that is, but then I wake up uncomfortable and still have to put myself to bed. Like me now, I woke with the TV on in the background, still needing to go out into the dark to shut the hens little door like a Wee Willie Winkie, then drag myself to go do all the brush teeth etc… This has brought me back to awake for a bit longer. I find it’s much better to do it properly the first time, like a nanny saying “Bedtime” and if that don’t work and I lay there awake for an hour, then to get up, have a drink of water, faff on the laptop and maybe start again.
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I have a feeling he’s just stuck in “vigilant” mode. ☹
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I would like to ❤️❤️❤️
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Summer break has already started over here. My grandson who just turned 11 is getting bored most of the day, except the 90 minutes when does an online coding class.
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It’s a difficult age to please
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I know. I’m bored is uttered many times a day. Play dates are not easy or safe to plan.
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When do any of us actually ever stop and do nothing? The holidays are just that! Time to re-charge the wellbeing batteries. For you both!
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That’s true
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I have already spent 30 minutes sitting on the edge of the bed staring into space. I call it meditation . . .
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I looked at your webpage and all that you’ve gone through with the eco~centre. I hope it all works out.
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Thanks for reading. Julia is currently running a garden for MENCAP, where several of our old group go. The eco-centre has been “developed”.
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Where in the world is it?
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https://www.facebook.com/pg/farmecoNG13/events/?ref=page_internal
The actual website seems to be unreachable at the moment. It’s at Screveton, between Newark and Nottingham.
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I clicked on it and saw those lovely botanical clay wall hangings, but sadly I don’t do Facebook and decided to hang back. Nice to know it’s in the UK.
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And so it is.
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That looks so good
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A very good question
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Thanks
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I hope Hawklad has a perfect summer break! Whatever it will look like, I hope it suits him best.
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I hope so as well
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Vegetating can be good. At least you won’t have SCHOOL to annoy you. I think you’ll manage to fill the time. Six weeks is a short break.
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No school helps
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I agree with the comments. Vegetation can be so soothing and relaxing. It silences the mind and can bring you closer to your inner power again which was pushed aside due to the daily business!
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Yes it can be
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Sometimes its needed.❤️
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