This week is a crazy one, I’m on formal Short term Disability from my full time job due to severe Diverticulitis (until the end of August,) which really really hurts, and the medication is strong and puts me to sleep… and I have to get some forms in so my disability is processed right.  In the midst of this I am also the head of Mom’s Taxi co…  the Diva has 4 different dance classes… Ballet, Tap, Solo Ballet for recital, and the Petite Team 10 day Workshop she is taking in the next town over.  Three of those classes happen TODAY, two of them yesterday, Add a playdate or two, a visit to Grandma’s and Homeschooling into the mix and it’s enough to drive a person batty.  Wednesday I repeat the cycle all over again with two classes and thurs three classes, and homeschooling mushed into the works.  I manage the medicine when I know I can pass out and not drive and then am good to go later.  Who thought that Antibiotics could be so rough on a person’s body?

Speaking of homeschooling, Calvin is trying hard to learn to read, which is where  Time4Learning is coming in handy.  Finding a preschool reading program for us was easy as the Diva already was working with Time4Learning and loves their curriculum.  He’s just following along and loving every minute as she does her studies, so I really have to get him enrolled formally too.  For her this week we’re going to try something new;  Contraction games.  She’s a little advanced for your average five year old and we’re going to try to keep her engaged.  Using these resources to teach contractions I’m hoping she’ll latch on to the notion quick.  She’s a smartie…

I spun up a couple ounces of Alpaca and Corriedale wool this weekend, I need to do more but am still learning that E-spinner.  I don’t have the hang of the darn thing for reverse, and that’s gonna drive me batty.  It will happen, because I have a buildup of plying to do soon.  I also am starting to think that I can pull out some of the fiber dyed for the custom order and continue in that.  I may have all the singles done up before I get the plying done.

alright – time to go get more spinning done and send an email to the tooth fairy on behalf of the Diva… seems someone was playing with it and it fell out, and she now she is unhappy that her summer recital will be with one less tooth in her head.  Poor Diva… while she’s getting in her 6 year old molar she is not satisfied with that as compensation.  Can’t say as I blame her – her Tap number has her smiling widely and showing off her teeth… whoops!