Swanriver, I'm planning to do the same as you by using the kids' maths text books etc to learn/relearn at the same time they do. There are certain areas I just don't think I learnt anything about at school and lots of general knowledge I just never picked up because I was always in such a daze! God knows how I managed to get so many qualifications when I don't know anything! I find the BBC webpages aimed at kids useful. Lol @ "too pink" and "too hard" - what?!
Galen, your life sounds quite frantic and stressful at the moment! I bet people keep telling you "this phase will pass" - it WILL though! You are doing brilliantly if you aren't in a mental institution yet/on drugs from the strain! I admire you. "Wasting hours on the internet.." - that was me yesterday too. Occasional days I get an 'unexplained exhaustion' caused by hormones I reckon.
Teamonster, 'Trolleygate' - not your fault! These accidents happen and they help children learn about danger and how to be more careful! And they help you learn new strategies to make your life easier - eg don't put all the heavy things on one side of the trolley.
Jas, it must be such a relief that you got all that organising done yesterday.
Ruby, Congratulations on getting a job! If I ever got a 'respectable' job I think I would just buy a few plain black trousers/three quarter skirts and some coloured tops and a 'smart' black cardigan. But what do I know, my DH calls me a 'Chav'!
Wendy, Well done with swimming lessons! I can just about swim but still feel quite tense in water and have put off taking the kids swimming. Would it be really bad if I just left it to the school to teach them when they get to Y3?
Scatty, I am trying to be 'middle of the road' because I used to go from 'incredibly up' to 'incredibly down' all the time and could never maintain a constant 'ok-ness'. I knew that when I was feeling crazily happy that I would have a few days of deep 'void' after.
What I'm really trying to say with the name change is that being an SAHM is enough and society shouldn't think of us as not doing enough unless we are making money. I feel that SAHMs are undervalued. Why is spending time with your children, teaching them how to become happy adults who respect themselves and others and enjoy their lives seen as less valuable than accumulating cash? I think it is fine to be a working mother or a SAHM but I don't want to feel the pressure that I need a 'going out to work job title' as well as being a mother before I can feel I am worth anything. I don't want to feel dismissed by people if they ask "What do you do" and I say I am a SAHM.
The 'ordinary' bit is about not wanting to feel that I have to achieve and achieve before people will value me. I want my kids to feel loved and valued for themselves, not admired conditionally on how well they do in their education or how much money they eventually earn or how important their job title sounds. Everybody deserves to feel important and that they have a place in the world. I feel that an illness of modern society is that people find it hard to be happy with themselves and with their lives. They are always looking for something more and wanting to be something more before they will even like themselves. I think this constant searching for more and more, and a bigger 'high', could be part of the reason people use addictive substances and behaviours, ending up hurting themselves and others. (Sorry for being 'intense').
Wolfcub, hope you feel better soon and can find some time to get the rest that you need. Painkillers are great for getting through the things you have to do (I find Solpadeine to be a miracle!) but they only mask the illness til you can recover properly.
Starbear, I really know what you mean about feeling 'Oh no, I've said too much and made myself look stupid/annoying etc'. I get this often, especially the day after drinking too much! But people don't seem to have judged me for it! I'm sure they won't be thinking as bad things as you think! What were you talking about, hahaha, bumsex?, toilet humour?, controversial political stuff?, controversial religious stuff?
EHM, Glad your Ellie is better!
I'm not exhausted like yesterday but still don't feel like doing any work yet. I'll just think about one thing at a time instead of a daunting list.
I do apologise for my verbal diarrohea! Perhaps that is what I should have changed my name to!