An irreverent, inclusive, alternative parenting community
Motivation
Smudge started back at school today. As I am teaching 5 days a week this summer, he is going 5 days a week. He had been going 2 days a week, and back when I was trying to finish my dis 3, but this is like, every day. I think this is gross. He was nervous to be dropped off, and I was nervous to do so. At any rate, now my child is in school and I freaking need to get some work done before the semester starts.
But I am being very lazy. I lack motivation to write the presentations I need to write, or to do the revisions on my article I need to do (and the deadlines fast approach). It doesn't help that I keep thinking about my baby wandering in the garden by himself at school looking lost as I drove off.
Anybody got any words of motivation for lazy bum me? Or commiseration about school? :)
But I am being very lazy. I lack motivation to write the presentations I need to write, or to do the revisions on my article I need to do (and the deadlines fast approach). It doesn't help that I keep thinking about my baby wandering in the garden by himself at school looking lost as I drove off.
Anybody got any words of motivation for lazy bum me? Or commiseration about school? :)
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Herasmus B. Dragon on
-
Sorry, you were asking for suggestions of motivation to get working. You should know me better by now.
-
Permalink Reply by mcglory13 on -
Hah!
Herasmus B. Dragon said:Sorry, you were asking for suggestions of motivation to get working. You should know me better by now.
-
Permalink Reply by ks on -
Yeah, I'm supposed to be grading papers and/or working on notes and problems for tomorrow's class. But I have kicked the kids down to the basement to play video games and I'm on here. So clearly I'm not the person to ask about this either.
-
Permalink Reply by Boring User Name on -
I think you can take a day to stress and/or try to relax and not do anything. Plus, it's almost 2 pm already, so motivation is too late. But seriously, you've finished one semester, packed, moved, unpacked, etc. Take a day to yourself. And if the FB comments are serious, you aren't actually behind yet...
As for school, I'm already getting nervous and I don't start back until September. But I joined and a gym and have been doing drop-off care there. Yeah, I don't like it when he doesn't get engaged in an activity right away. But this afternoon, he went down for his nap like a champ because I promised we were going to the "new place" after this nap. Of course, he'll probably wake up early because he's excited. Alas. Anyway, hopefully Smudge comes home a happy camper and you can relax about that one tomorrow. And then, either take another day to yourself or do the work you needed to.
-
Permalink Reply by Gumbo Momma on -
I'm a horrible procrastinator...............
-
Permalink Reply by Bigkrygowski on -
Maybe you should ask again tomorrow!?!
-
Permalink Reply by TommysMommy on -
I got nothing. I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself because I'm finally getting my root canal tomorrow morning (upside: no more pain, downside: root canal) and hiding in the house on the first real sunny day of the summer because my kids burn like nobody's business. When did I get lame and want to sit in the shade all the time?
I agree with the others to give yourself a day or two to recuperate/rejuvenate etc. You'll get more done in the long run if you take a minute to recharge your batteries. And Smudge will be fine. He'll get into it in a few days and not want to leave. I wish I could send Himself to preschool this summer. He misses it like CRAZY. But we're going to the lake in a week for 3 weeks so that should distract him.
-
Permalink Reply by The Oracle on -
Argh. Drop offs are the worst. I'm sorry. Lots of commiseration coming your way.
This is my first real day of work, too, since ... um ... I don't even know when. I found this great idea here that I'm going to try and incorporate into my work weeks.
I don't know if it'll work for you exactly because of your class schedule but it might help to think about your time more in that way. Since today is Tuesday, I am jamming through work for the next 3 days with the promise/anticipation of being able to cruise a little bit more on Friday.
Good luck! The best part of these days is daycare pick-up. Some days I work only for that smile and slobbery hug. /Hallmark
-
Permalink Reply by mcglory13 on
-
I just spent all day adding a page and a half and I think I might have made it more confusing. Or not. I'm so unsure.
Anyway, thanks for the thoughts guys. :) Yesterday he came home and seemed to have had a good time, though he claims he didn't a) meet anybody b) talk to anybody or c) learn anybody's names. Also, disappointingly, he did not get to use the pink car he so desperately seems to want access to.
-
Permalink Reply by mcglory13 on
-
LG, I think you're right. Moving from summer/mama to work/prof is the hard bit. I am making progress though. I am prepped for Monday's classes, and the majority of article revisions are done. Now I just need to prep 3 conference presentations for the first week of August and the fall syllabi. And be prepared for the vast amount of editorial revisions the article will surely undergo. :)
Smudge seems to be settling into school, although I do not like it as much as the last school, I don't think. It's a little more loosey gooey with the media and HFCS than I would like. Not sure if that's because it's summer camp or if it just is in general. So I hear you on the switching schools woe. His last school couldn't alter his schedule, so we had to move him, and it sucked.
I think I'm going to take it easy this afternoon as people recommended a few days ago, before I go back to work. :)
-
Permalink Reply by wookie on -
2 quick thoughts... any new routine in my house needs about a couple of weeks transition time to settle, and our daycare is also loose with the media/sugar correlating with the summer camp weeks. Any center with a really broad age range tends to be hard-pressed to program for all those different ages.
Heck, they painted toenails yesterday for some reason.
© 2012 Created by Offsprunger.
Powered by
