Yesterday was the last day of school in my town, which means today is the official first day of summer vacation. My kids greeted this morning with mixed feelings, however. Yes, it was the first day of summer vacation. But it was also the first day of Mom’s Crazy Summer Work Plan. They are skeptical of Mom’s Crazy Summer Work Plan.
The Plan goes something like this: I get up at 5am and barricade myself in my office, the kids get up whenever they want and keep themselves occupied until 9am. Fighting and electronics are expressly forbidden. If the plan works properly, I will continue to get twenty hours of work time each week, the kids will either learn to sleep in (one can hope) or to practice their independence … and the four of us will still have entire days free for summertime fun.
I would call today a success, though I didn’t manage to get up until 5:30 and I knocked off a little early (it is the first day of summer vacation, man!). But I am happy to report that I got a good lot of work done, the kids are up and dressed and have fixed their own breakfast, and we are heading off to the library, and then to a friend’s house for some swimming, and then back home to make some headway on our re-reading of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince …
Hey, perhaps Mom isn’t so crazy after all?