2 days down...

I have felt as though I have been buried under a rock these last few weeks! As the end of term grew closer I realised just how much school work I needed to complete and really had to concentrate on getting it all done. It was a little strange really, because for most of the term I was simply coasting through, not having to think too hard or do too much, and then suddenly it felt as though it was a race to the finish line. It sounds as though I am just utterly disorganised, which is exactly how it felt, but this whole term has been a little chaotic from the school's point of view with new teachers taking over and new programmes being implemented, which unintentionally became the source of the disorder.

Well, needless to say I survived with my mind in tact and completed the assignments that were due, and even gave a reasonable oral presentation that I was dreading. Then the next wave of assignments rolled in and I promised myself that this first week of school holidays I would make as big a dent as possible. Naturally that was optimistic considering it is also school holidays for the kids. We are only officially on day three of the holiday period and I have either been referee, nurse, instructor or general all-round boredom breaker approximately once every 15 minutes.

Only mothers in the midst of it all can truly appreciate the significance of the motherhood 'cap' - it takes precedence over all other areas of life, pretty much no matter what! Wayne will come home and sweetly ask me how my day was and enquire how much school work I have gotten through (because he knows that this week is meant to be dedicated to school, so next week we can do fun stuff when he is on holiday), and I reply 'some', because it sounds so much better than 'not too much at all'. What I think is truly amazing is that it will all get done - somehow, although I'm not too sure how, it will. It always does!