It’s the end of the first week back to school in person, and everyone is wiped. We have nothing planned other than boxing for DD1. DD2 was supposed to have futsal and athletic training today but it was canceled. It’s a little rainy and cool today, so I think a quiet movie night or something tonight.
Post by twinmomma on Sept 11, 2020 10:38:48 GMT -5
Yes! Cannot wait for this weekend! I'm going to have the whole house to myself - kids are with dad, beau is working all weekend, and it's supposed to be perfect fall weather. Love them all, but I'm looking forward to some down time after the initial back to school rush. I've got a bunch of little projects to do, but all things I'm kind of looking forward to checking off my list. I also get to grab outdoor distanced coffee with my BFF on Sunday morning before the football game.
I am on call this weekend and in a blah mood. I just plan on cooking and hanging out around the house. DD will not be amused. I may take her for a Blizzard and to Target because I need to pick up a couple of things.
twinmomma, I want to live your life this weekend. So, so, so badly. I was texting with a friend from high school who was complaining he's pushing 40, not married, no kids. And I'm over here saying.. I love my kids, but I really miss that kid free/no responsibility life sometimes. If I could sign up for a week or two of it, I'd be all over it.
Soccer tomorrow, volunteering at soccer since I wasn't smart enough to pay the money to get out of volunteering, and a family friend coming over on Sunday.. and football is back. DH has 2 fantasy leagues and I've just got the one.
I'm also hoping that at some point DH finishes fixing the faucet.. I hate having kids brushing teeth in my bathroom.
Also.. vent. DH has been unable/unwilling to accommodate me getting my car fixed for MONTHS - I need him to drive down during the workday to pick me up after I leave my car there. I should have just taken it and taken lyft home. My car seat is broken and only moves backwards. Once it's back, there is a 1% chance it will go forward again. After spending almost an hour on it, we got it in the right position, so as long as no one else drives it, it's fine.
Yesterday he decided to take his car in for repairs - AND I PICKED HIM UP WITHOUT COMPLAINING - and he drove my car to take the kids this morning... so now I'm trapped.
Post by traveltheworld on Sept 11, 2020 11:03:48 GMT -5
We are throwing a birthday party for one of the moms in our bubble families tonight. We'll have BBQ at our house, then the moms will leave and have drinks on the patio at another's house while the husbands deal with the children. Really looking forward to that.
Weekend is just hockey evaluations for DS. It's supposed to rain all weekend, so we'll probably just chill at home the rest of the time.
Ha, with four little kids, I find weekdays to be much more relaxing than weekends (I know it's because I'm lucky enough to have almost full time childcare outside my house and because I'm not the person supervising e-learning).
This is the weekend we were supposed to have our good friends over again who hadn't been seeing us because of our kids' childcare exposures. But I can tell they're still feeling uncomfortable because they asked if we can meet at our community pool or the beach instead. Which is fine - it will still be nice to see them. Otherwise we don't have anything planned.
I really need to find a new babysitter. Our old regular babysitter nannies for another family with four kids, one of whom has health issues, and so she's just been working for them. Of course it's not easy to find a new babysitter for four kids during a pandemic. But DH and I haven't been out of the house alone in months and we really need that again. My parents come back to town in late October, but that's still 6 weeks away.
Post by supertrooper1 on Sept 11, 2020 11:22:25 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to spending the weekend with DS and not thinking about work and how hectic it's been and will be again next week. The only thing we have planned is beau's grandson's 2nd birthday party bbq tomorrow. We might go see my parents too. Other than that, I just want to chill.
Post by twinmomma on Sept 11, 2020 11:23:35 GMT -5
k3am, I'm not even going to pretend... I love that I have kid free weekends regularly. I miss them when they're not here and feel like I'm missing out on some stuff. But, I actually get to have time to be an adult and take a break. ExH never gave me that when we were married, I was on 24/7 duty 99% of the time, so it's really nice to get some space and time to myself now.
We will probably get take out and a movie with the kids tonight. We are playing virtual games with D's cousins after they go to bed. We'll lay low this weekend with DD1 on quarantine. DH wants to finish priming and painting the basement walls which leaves me trying to entertain them.
TGIF! We survived the first week of hybrid school with DD and DS1. Next week, DS2 will be at preschool 3 mornings/week (Yes, he finally figured out potty training!). We're starting to figure out a rhythm for the school year.
Tomorrow, DS2 is getting a flu shot in the morning. Then we'll go to DS1's first soccer game of the season. Only 2 guests are allowed per player. DS1's field is right by the handicap parking lot, so I think my parents will go too and watch from their van. DS2 and DD won't really care so they can play games in Pappy's van and DH, me, and my parents can switch off watching the game.
Sunday is going to be a rainy day, so I'll probably catch up on some work and prepping for my grad class.
Further downers.. our air is unbreathable again, so soccer will probably be cancelled.
And the shop called, DH's car is done for. Apparently it will cost more to fix than it's worth. He'll continue driving it in the meantime, but we're fully expecting to have it crap out in the next few months. So I guess we're car shopping.
We are also wiped after the first week back to school. DD1 has been jn tears daily as she tries to learn the new routine of being at “daycare” while having to do school. She’s happy to have her 2 BFFs from school at the same “daycare.” But is still quite weepy.
Soccer starts tomorrow but looks like rain. The twins are old enough to play this year!
Post by shakinros on Sept 11, 2020 18:58:14 GMT -5
Done with week 1. Two kids started teasing DD via zoom private chat during class today. She got upset and ran off crying in the middle of the lesson so we let her be done with school at 11am. I’ve emailed the teacher about disabling the chat function and coached DD on just not opening the chat window during class. Sigh. They’re only 8. No one has a phone yet. I thought I had more time before mean messages were a thing!
I’m going to SIL’s socially-distant, masks-required, outdoor bridal shower tomorrow. It means a 90-min drive each way but WORTH IT to get 6hrs(ish) away from my H and DD.
Worked the gymnastic drive through BBQ fundraiser from 11-6 today. We did about 220 meals and got 90% of the food donated so we made a good profit. Can't breathe outside due to smoke so will be hunkered down inside all weekend. No school Monday see the school plan thread.
Post by sandandsea on Sept 11, 2020 22:08:49 GMT -5
In today’s episode of distance learning someone used ds’s name to send a private message to the teacher. I’m thinking someone hacked his account. The message read like an adult was leaving a voicemail for a significant other but included emojis and things like got off the phone with my mom, had to go to dr and store, want to go to a movie, miss your face, etc. It was all spelled properly so we know it was definitely not DS and it didn’t read like an 8yo wrote it. She has no idea how it happened so we now get to figure out how to change passwords, etc. and someone has potentially been in their class. It feels like a violation even if it somehow wasn’t. Can I say I hate DL or will I get burned at the stake?
mae0111 I don’t know if the teacher is aware there is a chat function. She’s got her hands full with trying to teach kids in person and kids on zoom at the same time.
BUT I do blame the technology dept who should think of these kinds of things when setting up accounts. Elementary teachers don’t need chat in their classes. Maybe higher grades could use it for questions to the teacher but I still think allowing private chats in any classroom is a bad idea.
shakinros - I agree - not the teacher’s fault. Our school doesn’t have a tech department, so the principal was standing up the LMS alone in March. I have experience with that stuff and offered to help. I told her that, unless she could record keep every single chat, she should shut it down. I told her it was a huge liability... but really I was thinking about the hurt feelings because some kids are so mean.
So she disabled it before launch, and shut it down on zoom before we started using that.
But it was clear that, in the scramble, she hadn’t thought of it. Hopefully they Close it al down, but maybe teach your daughter to screen shot if something happens again?
mae0111 I don’t know if the teacher is aware there is a chat function. She’s got her hands full with trying to teach kids in person and kids on zoom at the same time.
BUT I do blame the technology dept who should think of these kinds of things when setting up accounts. Elementary teachers don’t need chat in their classes. Maybe higher grades could use it for questions to the teacher but I still think allowing private chats in any classroom is a bad idea.
Just an FYI, the chat is necessary because not everyone has internet stable enough to use audio and/or turn on their camera. Several students in my classes can only use the chat. Also many kiddos are sitting next to family members working or doing their own distance learning so responding over the audio is hard to hear and provides lots of background noise. It would be very isolating for them without it. Sounds like the teacher needs to monitor it (or at least record it).
I’d asked the principal to disable any chat that the teacher couldn’t see, and ensure record keeping. She ended up shutting everything down.
Chatting with the whole class or with the teacher directly is, of course, beneficial. Chatting student to student privately without the teacher seeing is a recipe for disaster.
vasc, That is a nightly activity here in spring and fall when DH is off. Particularly during quarantine. We have a bigger pit in the backyard, but we have a metal pit we put in front of our road facing garage that we usually use. So now our neighbors laugh at us because around 6 several times a week, we will be out there waving at people when they drive by.
BTW, I favor roasting turkey cheddar brats, because I am fancy like that.