The mellowness of summer feels long gone these days. Though we haven’t yet had a full week of school, because of Labor Day and the Jewish holidays, we’re\u00c2\u00a0in full-fledged school mode.<\/p>\n
Zoe loves middle school so far, with English emerging as her favorite subject. (Her teacher has been at the school for 30 years, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that he’s good.) She’s also doing cross country and Trebles, the middle school try-out chorus; and the youth mentoring board. As excited as she is about doing activities, homework will soon ramp up – and we don’t want her to over-extend herself! (We talk a lot about that.)<\/p>\n
Avery seems happy with fourth grade though when I just asked her for her favorite class she said, “They’re all really boring.” (That’s a typical Avery response, and I’m not quite sure I believe her.) She has the same teacher that Zoe did, and her best friend is in class with her again, so there’s a good level of comfort there. Her class this year has only 7 girls (compared to 14 boys), so we talk a lot about girl power and representing the ladies!<\/p>\n
As for me and Q… We’re hanging in there. I have my good days and bad days, grieving wise, and I’ve tried to clear my schedule, which is busy enough with work and schlepping the girls places, of non-essentials. It’s all about self care and taking things as easy as I can these days.<\/p>\n
-M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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