It’s funny how attached we become to routines.
Workout, shower, dress the kids, breakfast, pack lunches, daycare drop offs, morning lesson prep, morning lessons, lunch. Afternoon lesson prep, afternoon lessons, meetings or clean up, daycare pick ups, home. Unpack school bags, play, dinner, bedtime routines, quiet time, bed. Wake up, repeat. And then the routine changes. Home-bound. eLearning. No daycare. No zoos, or museums, or playdates, or parks, or stores. There’s lunch at home. Naptime to work around. Emails that need answering. Meetings that must go on. It’s not a weekend, and it doesn’t feel like one. There are things to do, but the structure is missing. So we hobble through. One day at a time. Until we create new routines, new rhythms, that propel each day forward. And so time marches on.
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Eugenia Kouts
3/17/2020 06:20:50 am
So true! We now need to find a new routine for this time in our lives before we go back to the old routines!
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3/17/2020 08:36:50 am
It feels like a weird sort of limbo - not bad, but not normal. I will venture out today for the first time since Friday. I am curious to see how the world beyond my street feels.
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eddie hren
3/17/2020 10:39:13 am
I've been thinking so much about this. I wrote a little about it today. When so much is out of our control we cling to things like schedules that we can control but now even those are in disarray. Here's hoping you find your groove, as we all must, to grab a little control in this ever chaotic new world we're navigating right now.
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3/17/2020 01:57:58 pm
Oh my, I am feeling afloat these days sometimes, simply because the routine is disrupted. I need my routines. :-)
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Shelly021
3/18/2020 02:16:35 pm
One day at a time is right, that's all we can do and maybe enjoy the time we have with our kids too.
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