School is back in full swing, and we’re over here just trying to survive the transition back into routine. I swear the first couple of weeks feel like running a marathon with no training.
Tempe has homework now, which apparently translates into nightly battles of willpower. Case in point: spelling words. There are 15 words. The assignment is to write them two times each. That’s 30 words total. Simple, right? Should take 20 minutes max.
Wrong.
Forty-five minutes later, we’re still on word number seven, with more sighing, pencil dropping, and chair spinning than actual writing. You’d think I was asking her to solve world hunger instead of writing “tennis” twice.
And while we’re all readjusting, I’m realizing how much harder it is to juggle all my hats right now. Teacher hat. Mom hat. Lawyer hat. And yes — my writing/author hat, which has definitely taken a pause while we try to find our new rhythm. It’s hard to make time for words on a page when spelling words are already eating up the night.
Here’s to hoping next week we knock spelling out in record time… and maybe I’ll even sneak back into my writing groove.