I think there’s something wrong. with my. spacebar as it keeps adding i n adding in spaces and. additional full stops. (periods). Urgh.
I think there’s something wrong. with my. spacebar as it keeps adding i n adding in spaces and. additional full stops. (periods). Urgh.
In other related news about my kids. Things they’ve been competitive about recently…
So awful! 🤣
This evening Matthew I’m going to be the father from the Lego Movie…
“Stoooppp messing with my stuffff!”🎵
Another rollercoaster weekend is over… We’ve talked about watching Monsters and Love but we’ll see. My money is on no.
Losing my patience with my children is the worst and yet still, it happens.
This week has been difficult because when Lyra and I lose our patience with the kids it affects our relationship as well. Particularly, talking about it between us. We both now we made a mistake but discussing it without it feeling like we’re criticising each other is really hard.
With that said. We’ve talked about stepping in when the other person is on the edge and realising when you are and asking the other person to step in in the future. We’ll see how it goes.
My additional bonus difficulty is that the reasons I lose my patience are basically the same when I’m at work (as a teacher of small children). Trying to maintain calm and reasonable-ness from 7:45am until 8-9pm is difficult. And yes I should be kinds to myself about this but I’m only human, so I’m not.
Listening to Jocelyn K. Glei’s podcast Hurry Slowly and this week it’s titled The Angst of Working from home (WFH). As a teacher, I’m much happier working from school just because of my job needs.
Today I’m grateful that kids here can have parties again. Reminded recently that Elise’s 3rd birthday was entirely at home.
I think that I’ve put the old iPad one of the kid’s uses in a safe place. Thing is, it’s such a safe place I can’t find it.
Roads
After reading Austin Kleon’s post We love because we care I asked Lyra to help me buy the book.
Alison Gopnik advocates for the abandoning of the word “parenting” as a verb, and encourages readers to think of being a parent as a relationship that runs on love, instead of a job that runs on work. “Love doesn’t have goals or benchmarks of blueprints,” she writes, “but it does have a purpose.” The purpose of loving children is to care for them as a gardener would tend to plants, creating the conditions under which they will thrive.
This caring, she says, changes us, and deepens our love. “We don’t care for children because we love them,” she writes, “we love them because we care for them.”
Drinking, silly talk with colleagues was just what I needed after this week. Physically I’m ok but emotionally haven’t been feeling with it.
Wednesday October 14th, 6:34pm, Chongqing, China
The youngest loves the marble run set we have and the eldest was enjoying spending time with a visiting friend.
#adayinthelife
Roast duckkkk
Still, somehow thought it was Tuesday but apparently it’s already Wednesday.
Time seems to be a runaway train at the moment. I blink and another week is nearly gone!
I rewatched my quarantine 1 Second Everyday just now. I did it from January 24th which was Day 1 for us, I even made this picture. 262 days ago. Quarantining with the kids. E-learning. It feels like forever.
Here in China, things have moved on and are pretty normal. While talking to friends in the UK feels like a whole other world that I can’t, quite comprehend. It’s a strange thing indeed.
So I’m at least 90% sure I’ve got all day Wednesday to take my photo for the challenge. For me it runs 1am on Wednesday until 1am Thursday. I think.
Does what it says on the tin.
Elise reading.
This error. @help
Lunch with Lyra.
Pretty satifisfied with how The Boys finished Season 2, how things were wrapped up and how they’ve set the stage for Season 3. I’m assuming there’s a Season 3. 📺
Yesterday I was grateful for a less stressful bedtime.
Thing is, the kids were just as troublesome I just didn’t let it get to me.
Noodles and then a drink and chat with a friend while the grandparents are watching the kids was just what I needed this evening.
I’ve just addded “If this isn’t nice” as a category but I realise it’s a gratefulness journal by another name isn’t it?