Word of the Week 11 – Re-establish

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Re-establish

Oh my what a week of mixed emotions. The kids have returned to school and it’s time to re-establish our routines and get back some sort of normality where education is concerned.

The Little Man went back on Monday and everything went really well. He had been really good with attending his lessons online but it was not easy for him and he missed his friends and his teacher. And he missed being around other people. He went back and we found it easy to re-establish his morning routine and it was like he’d never been off school. Of course it helped that we had been getting up every morning and logging on to TEAMS to take part in his online school. He has been happy going back to school but he’s also found it really tiring.

The Little Man has also been happy to re-establish his exercising. He really doesn’t do enough at home. He joined in a couple of p.e. lessons, but he wasn’t comfortable. Yesterday he asked if he could have a Fit Bit. They are a little expensive for a ten year old so I bought him a child friendly equivalent. I hope he finds it useful.

It’s different for the girls and it’s going to be harder to re-establish their routines and return to school. They haven’t attended school full time since last March. That’s almost an entire year! They will be having a phased return but the school is trying to do this as quickly as possible. Star was concerned at first but is happy to be going back and she really wants to try and get at least a couple of GCSEs for her chosen college (two will be okay but three will be better.) It’s not too much pressure for her to know this. It might seem like we are aiming low, but she is Autistic and has physical disabilities, so the fact that she has got this far is an achievement in itself. I’m already proud of her.

For Boo, it’s a little more difficult because her anxiety is higher. She needs to go back and start working on her GCSEs which start in September. She needs this time to make up her mind in which direction she needs to go. Sadly, her confidence is really low and it will take a while to re-establish her routine.

I have had to re-establish my routines too. I’ve never stopped going to bed and getting up at the same time, but I have been limited in the things I can do in the daytime. The Little Man has needed me to encourage him to do his school work and help out when I can. So, I had to be around for him. I’ve also had to stick to a strict lunchtime routine because the children had only an hour free to have lunch. Normally, I just do lunch when I’m hungry and I’ve done my other work. I’ve manged to do a lot of work on my laptop while keeping an eye on the Little Man, but other routines have gone awry and it’s time to get back into the swing of things.

It’s not been an easy week for any of us, but we will get there. My stress levels have been high and I’ve had to repress them so that I can keep going for my children. I’ll be happy when I get the chance to chill and do my own thing again.

|Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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