Today.....

....was not a good day!!

It was only Day 2 of our NEW! homeschool journey with our NEW! curriculum, and the wheels were threatening to come off!  (And, I'm sure, a few of my screws were threatening to come undone too..)

Factors that got the Not-So-Good Day started:

• We woke up rather late (..and I did go to bed early!).
• The house was a mess after a 3-day weekend  (yesterday was a public holiday, but I'll post on that later).
• I was, again, not properly prepared for all of today's work.
• The kids were slow at getting up as well.

Factors that added to the Not-So-Good Day:

• Children that forgot how to spell most words.
• Children that suddenly didn't know how to do certain things, like looking up information.
• Little tots that spent most of the day moaning for 'botties' (bottles), especially while I was trying to read aloud.
• Bottles that hid themselves away so that it took me ages to find one, fill it and hand it to the moaning tot.
• Cats that threw up on carpets.
• My brain that felt unhinged and unable to process much!
• Mount Washmore that just didn't seem to get any smaller.

I have, however, decided not to call it a Bad Day.  I keep thinking of the people in Japan, and counting my blessings.  I have laundry to do, kids to look after and school to get done! 

And so, as we say here: more is nog 'n dag (tomorrow is another day!)

I have cleaned the kitchen floor, done about 3 load of washing ready to hang up first thing tomorrow, and I'm off to bed (after my tea...).   I'll deal with everything else in the morning!